Matthew 16:17
Peter Recognizes the Messiah
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.
Jesus tells Peter and the Disciples that it was not Him that revealed to Peter that He was the Messiah...It also was not a man who revealed to Peter that He was the Messiah...It was not flesh and blood who reveals Jesus identity to Peter...His Father in heaven revealed to Peter that He is the Messiah...It was not a man, but the Spirit of God that helped Peter recognize that Jesus was more than just a Man, He is the Son of the Blessed One, the Christ -the One that was to come and now has come for us...Jesus is the Son of the Living God...
And in Peter's confession of faith and realizing that Jesus is the Anointed One, He blesses him...