Really, what did you expect to see? Someone dressed in fine clothes? Of course not. People who wear fine clothes are all in kings’ palaces.
Matthew 11:9 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version So what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, John is a prophet. But I tell you, he is more than that. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one [out of the common, more eminent, more remarkable, and] superior to a prophet. American Standard Version (1901) But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. Common English Bible What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. Catholic Public Domain Version Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But what went you out to see? a prophet? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet. |
Really, what did you expect to see? Someone dressed in fine clothes? Of course not. People who wear fine clothes are all in kings’ palaces.
Herod wanted to kill him, but he was afraid of the people. They believed that John was a prophet.
“Now you, little boy, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go first before the Lord to prepare the way for him.
But if we say that John’s baptism was from someone else, the people will stone us to death. They all believe that John was a prophet.”