gospel · 29 · Caesarea Philippi
At Caesarea Philippi, at the far northern edge of the ministry, he asked them who they said he was, and Peter answered 'you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' The reply — 'on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; I will give you the keys of the kingdom' — is the charter text every line of succession in this dataset appeals to, and the text over which East and West have argued for a thousand years.
In Christianity, the Confession of Peter refers to an episode in the New Testament in which the Apostle Peter proclaims Jesus to be the Christ. The proclamation is described in the three Synoptic Gospels: Matthew 16:13–20, Mark 8:27–30 and Luke 9:18–21. Depending on which gospel one reads, Peter either says: 'You are the Messiah' or 'the Christ' ; or 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God',, or 'God's Messiah' or 'The Christ of God'.
To ask the Twelve who they say he is.
'You are the Christ' — and the keys of the kingdom promised to Peter.