So why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet.
What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes live in kings’ palaces.
Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they believed John was a prophet.
“Now you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go before the Lord to prepare his way.
But if we say, ‘It was from other people,’ all the people will stone us to death, because they believe John was a prophet.”