Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
So what did you go out to see? A man in soft garments? Behold, those who are clothed in soft garments are in the houses of kings.
And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways,
But if we say, 'Of men,' the whole people will stone us. For they are certain that John was a prophet."