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Mark 8
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mark.8.m8Confession
σὺ εἶ ὁ χριστός / expanded
TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
What does Peter confess about Jesus?
The earliest form is the compact ‘You are the Christ.’ Later witnesses expand it with titles familiar from Matthew’s parallel confession.
Why this default
The compact confession is default because it is strongly early and characteristically Markan. The longer title transparently harmonizes the passage toward Matthew 16:16.
Evidence
External‘You are the Christ’: א, B, C, D, L, W, Δ and broad early support; expanded Son-of-God forms occur in later witnesses.
InternalThe fuller Matthean confession is familiar and devotionally attractive, providing a direct motive for expansion.
Project defaultYou are the Christ
Project default · compact early reading
Witnessesσὺ εἶ ὁ χριστός · א, B, C, D, L, W, ΔAlternativeYou are the Christ, the Son of the living God
Later harmonized expansion
Witnessesexpanded Son-of-the-living-God reading · later harmonizing witnessesAlternativeYou are the Christ [the Son of the living God]
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WitnessesDisplay option · expansion bracketedRecord integrity
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