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More Than a Prophet
Jesus affirms that the crowds correctly saw John as a prophet, but then elevates him to a unique status: "much more than a prophet." Commentators explain this is because John was the immediate forerunner who prepared the way, saw Jesus, and pointed Him out—a role no previous prophet held. As one scholar notes, John was the "morning star" announcing the "glorious Sun" of Christ.
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Luke
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AT Robertson
On Luke 7:26
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 …
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 7:26–28
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 7:26
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…
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John Gill
On Luke 7:26
17th Century
Pastor
But what did you go out to see ?
&c.] What led your curiosity to go into the wilderness after him, since it could no…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 7:19–35
17th Century
Minister
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…