And Simon Peter answered, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
What then says the mouth of the apostles, Peter, the ever fervent, the leader of the apostolic choir? When all are asked, he answers. And whereas when He asked the opinion of the people, all replied to the question; when He asked their own, Peter springs forward, and anticipates them.
