Luke 7:26 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλὰ	alla	But	G235 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
ἐξήλθατε	exēlthate	have you gone out	G1831 →
ἰδεῖν;	idein	to see?	G1492 →
προφήτην;	prophētēn	A prophet?	G4396 →
ναὶ	nai	Yes	G3483 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν·	humin	to you;	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and [one]	G2532 →
περισσότερον	perissoteron	more excellent	G4054 →
προφήτου.	prophētou	than a prophet.	G4396 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
leads to
- Malachi 3:1
  “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He…
- Matthew 14:5
  Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 40:3–5
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
Through
Luke 16:16
The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
leads to
- Matthew 11:9–14
  What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
- Matthew 21:32
  For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe…
- Acts 3:24–25
  Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
- Matthew 3:2
  and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Through
John 5:35
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
leads to
- 2 Peter 1:19
  We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,John 5:35John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”Luke 16:16The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.John 3:26–30So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”Matthew 11:9–14What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

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