Matthew Chapter 11 verse 9 Holy Bible
But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
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But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
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But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet:
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But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
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But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
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`But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? But wherefore went ye out? To see a prophet? (Revised Version). Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. Our Lord accepts their estimate of John, but says that it is insufficient. He thus passes on to show the relation in which John stood to himself. John was more than a prophet such as they thought of, for he was "the subject as well as the vehicle of prophecy" (Alford), and was the immediate forerunner of the great King. More than; much more than (Revised Version). Περισσότερομν is probably neuter, for this not only agrees with τι, but emphasizes the thought more than the masculine (cf. Matthew 12:6, note).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) What went ye out for to see? A prophet?--The words again throw the hearers back upon the impressions made on them when they first saw and heard the Baptist. They then went out to see a prophet, and they were not, disappointed. Nothing that they had seen or heard since was to lead them to think less worthily of him now. He was indeed a prophet, taught by the Spirit of Jehovah, predicting the glory of the kingdom; but he was also something more than this--a worker in the fulfilment of what he thus proclaimed.
