Mark 6–8 reveals Jesus Christ’s authority, compassion, and identity, exposing unbelief, tradition, blindness, and the cross He must bear.
Matthew 15–17 reveals Christ’s authority over tradition, demons, nature, death, and unbelief, while unveiling the cross, the church, and His glory.
Matthew 16:18–19 explained from a conservative Baptist KJV view: Peter confessed Christ, the Rock, as Jesus builds His church.