Luke 7:28
I say to you, that no prophet, among those born of women, was greater than John the Baptizer: and yet the little one in the kingdom of God, is greater than he.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
29And all the people that heard him, justified God, as they had been baptized with John's baptism.
Cross References
Matthew 13:16But happy are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
Luke 3:16John answered and said to them: Behold, I baptize you with water; but after me cometh one mightier than I, the strings of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Luke 10:23And he turned to his disciples, privately, and said: Blessed are the eyes that see, what ye see.
Colossians 1:25of which I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me among you, that I should fulfill the word of God,
1 Peter 1:10that life namely, about which the prophets inquired, when they were prophesying of the grace which was to be given to you.
Matthew Henry on Luke 7:20-36
John's Message to Jesus; The Ministry of John and of Christ. 19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them,… Read the whole commentary →