But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
But what went ye out for to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft raiment are in kings' houses.
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.