Mark 8:27
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
ὁδός
way
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ὁδός
Not a way among many ways. The way. In the ancient world, hodos meant a road that had been walked and proven. Jesus is not giving directions — He is saying: I am the road itself. Walk in Me and you will arrive.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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λέγω
do pronounce
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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τίς
Whom
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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Φίλιππος
Philippi.
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Φίλιππος
fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites
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Καισάρεια
of Caesarea
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Καισάρεια
Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine
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ἐξέρχομαι
went forth
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ἐξέρχομαι
to issue (literally or figuratively)
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ἐπερωτάω
He was questioning
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ἐπερωτάω
to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek
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κώμη
villages
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κώμη
a hamlet (as if laid down)
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εἶναι
to be?
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εἶναι
to exist
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