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But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
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John's Unparalleled Role
Commentators explain that John was "more than a prophet" because of his unique place in history. While other prophets foretold a distant Messiah, John was the immediate forerunner who could physically point to Jesus and say, "Behold the Lamb of God." He stood at the pivotal moment between the old and new covenants, serving as the bridge between promise and fulfillment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A prophet? He next asks whether they went to see a prophet. They had regarded him as such; and Jesus tells them that in this thei…
And much more than a prophet (κα περισσοτερον προφητου). Ablative of comparison after περισσοτερον itself comparative though meani…
19th Century
Anglican
What did you go out to see? A prophet? — These words again direct the hearers back to the impressions made on them when they first saw and…
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Baptist
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What we…
What the people had flocked to the desert to see was a “prophet” (v.9), since it was commonly agreed that a true prophet had not appeared for centu…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But what went ye out for to see? &c.] Since it was not any thing so mean as a shaking reed, or so grand as a man in …
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What Christ said concerning John was not only for his praise but for the people's profit. Those who attend to the word will be called to give an ac…
13th Century
Catholic
After saying these things, the Lord passed from there to teach and preach, and this was for three reasons.
