Lucas 7:26

26 ¿Buscaban a un profeta? Así es, y él 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 Después de que los discípulos de Juan se fueron, Jesús comenzó a hablar acerca de él a las multitudes.

25 ¿O esperaban ver a un hombre vestido con ropa costosa? No, la gente que usa ropa elegante y vive rodeada de lujos se encuentra en los palacios.

26 ¿Buscaban a un profeta? Así es, y él es más que un profeta.

27 Juan es el hombre al que se refieren las Escrituras cuando dicen:
“Mira, envío a mi mensajero por anticipado,
y él preparará el camino delante de ti”
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28 »Les digo que de todos los hombres que han vivido, nadie es superior a Juan. Sin embargo, hasta la persona más insignificante en el reino de Dios es superior a él».