Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered him, ¹  “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood ²  did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!

Isa 54:13; Mt 5:3-11; Mt 11:25-27; Mt 13:16,17; Lu 10:21,22; Lu 10:23,24; Lu 22:32; Joh 1:42; Joh 6:45; Joh 17:6-8; Joh 21:15-17; 1Co 2:9-12; Ga 1:11,12,16; Ga 1:16; Eph 1:17,18; Eph 2:8; Eph 3:5,18,19; Col 1:26,27; 1Pe 1:3-5; 1Pe 5:1; 1Jo 4:15; 1Jo 5:20

¹ tn Grk “answering, Jesus said to him.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant, but the syntax of this phrase has been modified for clarity.

² tn The expression “flesh and blood” could refer to “any human being” (so TEV, NLT; cf. NIV “man”), but it could also refer to Peter himself (i.e., his own intuition; cf. CEV “You didn’t discover this on your own”). Because of the ambiguity of the referent, the phrase “flesh and blood” has been retained in the translation.