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Luke 7:28 KJV
Luke · chapter 7 · verse 28
For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.Luke 7:28 · King James Version
Luke 7:28 in context
26But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- greatermeizōngreater, larger, elder, strongerG3187 →
- prophetprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- Baptistbaptistēsa baptiser, one who administers the rite of baptism, the surname of John, the forerunner…G910 →
- kingdombasileiaroyal power, kingship, dominion, rule, not to be confused with an actual kingdom but…G932 →
- Amongenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- womengynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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All this discourse concerning John Baptist, occasioned by his sending to ask whether he was the Messiah or no, we had, much as it is here related, Mt. 11:2-19. I. We have here the message John Baptist sent to Christ, and the return he made to it. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-35