Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
“And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God, because you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare the way for him,
Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they thought John was a prophet.
Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, people who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces.
But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will throw stones at us to kill us, because they believe John was a prophet.”