...experience such pleasure as the answer of the divine Saviour gave to the apostle's soul, when he said, " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar" jona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto " thee, but my Father which is in heaven." Amen. The questions and the answers which are related...

...and emphasis to this confession, bestows a new name upon him. For he answered and said unto him, " Blessed art thou Simon Bar Jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven," that is, this faith which thou hast now confessed,...

...called, you hear him thus addressed, " Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas ;" and at a later period, " Blessed art thou, Simon, Bar Jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father, who is in heaven." As though he had said, Here is one thing of which...

...called, you hear him thus addressed, " Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas ;" and at a later period, " Blessed art thou, Simon, Bar Jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father, who is in heaven." As though he had said, Here is one thing of which...

...called, you hear him thus addressed, " Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas ; " and at a later period, " Blessed art thou, Simon, Bar Jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father, who is in heaven." As though he had said, Here is one thing of which...

...that the Son is revealed to the soul of the redeemed by the Father, for, as our blessed Saviour said to Peter, when he had answered and said, ' Thou art...son of the living God,' — 'Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.' And...

...Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art them Simon Bar- Jona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed...unto thee ; but my Father which is in heaven. And I say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church , and the gates of...

...had cleansed their hearts by faith k ; and our Lord, referring to Peter's own confession, declared, " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father, which is in heaven 1 ." Faith then is God's gift™ ; and, to follow out...

...Peter at Caesarea Phllippi, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God," with Christ's reply, "Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in Heaven," becomes, through an ingenious use of Mark's account,...

...called, you hear him thus addressed, " Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas;" and at a later period, " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven." As though he had said, Here is one thing of which...