Jesus - Man, Prophet, or God?According to Eugene Peterson, Jesus was the son of an ordinary carpenter in Nazareth, the circumstances of His birth could at best be deemed suspicious. Upon seeing and experiencing His miracles, some eyewitnesses identified Him as either John the Baptist, or Eli'jah, or Jeremiah or one of the prophets. Some identified Jesus as ordinary and others as extraordinary, but it was Simon Peter who saw Jesus for who He is - Christ, the Son of the Living God.