But what did you go out to see? A man wearing luxurious clothes? People who are gorgeously dressed and live in luxury are found in palaces.
But what did you go out to see? A man luxuriously dressed? Those who wear luxurious clothes are to be found in kings' palaces.
This man John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a loincloth of leather; and he lived upon locusts and wild honey.
and yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his magnificence could array himself like one of these.
»There was once a rich man who habitually arrayed himself in purple and fine linen, and enjoyed a splendid banquet every day,
When John's messengers were gone, He proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, »What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?
But what did you go out to see? A Prophet? Aye, I tell you, and far more than a Prophet.