see that Mark, Luke, and Matthew each
have a slightly different version of the event.
Mark 8:29
29 And he said to them, But whom do you say
I am? And Peter answered and said to him, You are the Messiah.
Luke 9:20
20 And he said to them, But whom do you say
I am? Peter answering said, The Messiah (or the anointed) of God.
Matthew 16:15
15 He said to them, But Whom do you say I
am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Messiah, the
son
of the living God.
Here Peter is proclaiming that
he believes Yeshua is the
Messiah; However, what does he mean by saying that he was the "son of the
living God"?
The Return of the Exiles
There in one other place in scripture where we find the
phrase, “son(s) of the living God”. It is found in the first chapter of the
book of Hosea. Hosea was a prophet to Israel (the northern kingdom) during
the time of the divided kingdom.
Hosea 1:10
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel
shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered; and
it shall come to pass, in the place where it was said to them, You are not
my people, there it shall be said to them, you are the sons of the living
God.
11 Then shall the children of Judah and the