But Jesus was unique. A roman emperor had a statue of Jesus and a statue of Plato side by side in his pantheon. He thought he was paying Jesus a noble tribute. He was, but that was not the gospel. Perhaps they would say he was a prophet, along with Mohammed or Ghandi, a Jewish leader in his time, someone who did good deeds, a great teacher, the greatest man who ever lived.
Some people see a man of action, a mystic, a revolutionary, a liberator, or a great moral leader.
None of those answers is enough. Then Jesus moved the impersonal discussion to a personal challenge. It is the pivotal question of life for all of us. When Jesus asked this question of his disciples, there must have been a moment of silence. Peter's answer is one of three notable answers to our question in the Bible.