Mat 16:16, 26:63 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 16. Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. ] Every word here is emphatic-a most concise , and yet comprehensive , confession of faith. The Christ , or Messiah , points out his divinity, and shows his office; the Son -designates his person: on this account it is that both are joined together so frequently in the new covenant. Of the living God τουθεουτουζωντος, literally, of God the Living One. The C. Bezae has for τουζωντος the Living One , του σωζοντος, the Saviour , and the Cant. Dei Salvatoris , of God the Saviour. Living -a character applied to the Supreme Being, not only to distinguish him from the dead idols of paganism, but also to point him out as the source of life, present, spiritual , and eternal . Probably there is an allusion here to the great name Yeve , or Yehovah , which properly signifies being or existence .

‏ Matthew 16:16

Verse 16. Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.] Every word here is emphatic-a most concise, and yet comprehensive, confession of faith.

The Christ, or Messiah, points out his divinity, and shows his office; the Son-designates his person: on this account it is that both are joined together so frequently in the new covenant. Of the living God τουθεουτουζωντος, literally, of God the Living One. The C. Bezae has for τουζωντος the Living One, του σωζοντος, the Saviour, and the Cant. Dei Salvatoris, of God the Saviour.

Living-a character applied to the Supreme Being, not only to distinguish him from the dead idols of paganism, but also to point him out as the source of life, present, spiritual, and eternal. Probably there is an allusion here to the great name Yeve, or Yehovah, which properly signifies being or existence.

‏ Matthew 26:63

Verse 63. I adjure thee by the living God] I put thee to thy oath. To this solemn adjuration Christ immediately replies, because he is now called on, in the name of God, to bear another testimony to the truth. The authority of God in the most worthless magistrate should be properly respected. However necessary our Lord saw it to be silent, when the accusations were frivolous, and the evidence contradictory, he felt no disposition to continue this silence, when questioned concerning a truth, for which he came into the world to shed his blood.