A prophet? (προφητην; ). A real prophet will always get a hearing if he has a message from God. He is a for-speaker, forth-teller …

But what did you go out for to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I se…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Lord, knowing the secrets of men, foresaw that some would ask, "If John was ignorant of Jesus unt…

The topic now changes from the role of Jesus to that of John. Through some gently ironic questions that expect obviously negative answers, Jesus st…

But what did you go out to see ?
&c.] What led your curiosity to go into the wilderness after him, since it could no…

To His miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this one in the kingdom of grace: To the poor the gospel is preached. This clearly p…