{But who say ye?} (Humeis de tina legete;). Note the
emphatic proleptical position of humeis: "But _ye_ who do ye
say? This is really what mattered now with Jesus. {The Christ of
God} (Ton christon tou theou). The accusative though the
infinitive is not expressed. The Anointed of God, the Messiah of
God. See on 氧:26| for "the Anointed of the Lord." See on 烘t
16:17| for discussion of Peter's testimony in full.  Mr 6:29  has
simply "the Christ." It is clear from the previous narrative that
this is not a new discovery from Simon Peter, but simply the
settled conviction of the disciples after all the defections of
the Galilean masses and the hostility of the Jerusalem
ecclesiastics. The disciples still believed in Jesus as the
Messiah of Jewish hope and prophecy. It will become plain that
they do not grasp the spiritual conception of the Messiah and his
kingdom that Jesus taught, but they are clear that he is the
Messiah however faulty their view of the Messiah may be. There
was comfort in this for Jesus. They were loyal to him.