Luke 7:28

28 "I tell you that among all of women born there is not one greater than John. Yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.

Luke 7:28 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 7:28

For I say unto you----here is not a greater prophet
The word "prophet" is left out in the Arabic and Ethiopic versions, as in ( Matthew 11:11 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 11:11).

Luke 7:28 In-Context

26 But what did you go out to see? A Prophet? Aye, I tell you, and far more than a Prophet.

27 John is the man about whom it is written, `See, I am sending My messenger before thy face, and he shall make ready thy way before thee.'

28 "I tell you that among all of women born there is not one greater than John. Yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.

29 And all the people, including the tax-gatherers, when they listened to him upheld the righteousness of God, by being baptized with John's baptism.

30 But the Pharisees and expounders of the Law have frustrated God's purpose as to their own lives, by refusing to be baptized.