But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
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Gill's Exposition
For this is he of whom it is written,.... Mal 3:1
Behold I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. That these words belong , to the world to come, or the times of…
Barnes' Notes
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 their apprehensions of him were correct. More than a prophet - Sustaining…
We have here the high encomium which our Lord Jesus gave of John the Baptist; not only to revive his honour, but to revive his work. Some of Christ's disciples might perhaps take occasion from the…
Cambridge Bible
more than a prophet Other prophets foresaw the Messiah, the Baptist beheld Him, and ushered in His kingdom: he was the herald of the King. Further, John was himself the subject of prophecy.
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