Lucas 7:26

26 Pero, ¿qué salisteis a ver? ¿Un profeta? Sí, os digo, y uno que es más que un profeta.

Lucas 7:26 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 7:26

But what went ye out for to see?
&c.] What led your curiosity to go into the wilderness after him, since it could not be any of the above things? was it to see

a prophet?
which was the case; for John was a prophet, and was known to be one; and the fame of him, as such, drew vast numbers to see and hear him, there not having been a prophet among the Jews, for some hundreds of years:

yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet;
not that he was the prophet Moses did say should come; nor was he the priest that should arise with the "Urim" and "Thummim", that the "Tirshatha", Nehemiah spoke of; nor was he the king Messiah; but he was his forerunner, he saw him and baptized him, and so was greater than any of the prophets that went before him.

Lucas 7:26 In-Context

24 Cuando los mensajeros de Juan se fueron, Jesús comenzó a hablar a las multitudes acerca de Juan: ¿Qué salisteis a ver en el desierto? ¿Una caña sacudida por el viento?

25 Mas, ¿qué salisteis a ver? ¿Un hombre vestido con ropas finas? Mirad, los que visten con esplendor y viven en deleites están en los palacios de los reyes.

26 Pero, ¿qué salisteis a ver? ¿Un profeta? Sí, os digo, y uno que es más que un profeta.

27 Este es aquel de quien está escrito: "HE AQUI, YO ENVIO MI MENSAJERO DELANTE DE TU FAZ, QUIEN PREPARARA TU CAMINO DELANTE DE TI."

28 Os digo que entre los nacidos de mujer, no hay nadie mayor que Juan; sin embargo, el más pequeño en el reino de Dios es mayor que él.