And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you, but my Father who is in heaven.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
. He calls Peter blessed for having received knowledge by divine grace. And by commending Peter, He thereby shows the opinions of other men to be false. For He calls him "Bar Jona," that is, "son of Jona," as if saying, "Just as you are the son of Jona, so am I the Son of My Father in heaven, and of one essence with Him." He calls this knowledge "revelation," speaking of hidden and unknown things that were disclosed by the Father.
