Matthew 11:9 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 11:9

What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

BSB

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ASV

But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

KJV

But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

In this he is also greater than the other prophets, that to his prophetic privilege is added the reward of the Baptist that he should baptize his Lord.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 a character more elevated and sacred than the most distinguished of the ancient prophets. Those had been regarded as the most eminent of the prophets who had most clearly predicted the Messiah. Isaiah had been distinguished above all others for the sublimity of his writings, and the clearness with which he had foretold the coming of Christ. Yet John surpassed even him.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The first thing that demands our attention in this passage is the message which John the Baptist sends to our Lord Jesus Christ. He “sent two of his disciples and said unto him, “Art thou he that should come or do we look for another?” This question did not arise from doubt or unbelief on the part of John. We do that holy man injustice if we interpret it in such a way.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλὰ	alla	But	G235 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
ἐξήλθατε	exēlthate	did you go 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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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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…
- 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.
- Mark 1:2–3
  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
- John 1:23
  John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
- Matthew 11:9–10
  What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Through
Matthew 14:5
Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
leads to
- Matthew 21:26
  But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as 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 4:21
  After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Matthew

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Matthew