Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Matthew 11:9

But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

KJV

ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε; προφήτην ἰδεῖν; ναί λέγω ὑμῖν, καὶ περισσότερον προφήτου.

Greek NT

Sed quid existis videre ? prophetam ? Etiam dico vobis, et plus quam prophetam.

Vulgate

But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

ASV

But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ναί
nai
particle · 34×
περισσότερος
perissoteros
adjective · 9×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: προφήτην ἰδεῖν ; | WH: ; προφήτην ἰδεῖν | Treg/NIV/RP: ἰδεῖν; προφήτην
  • προφήτην ἰδεῖν ; — SBLGNT
  • ; προφήτην ἰδεῖν — Westcott-Hort
  • ἰδεῖν; προφήτην — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Proofs of the foregoing, drawn from the Gospels of Mark and Luke. 1. Luke also, the follower and disciple of the apostles, referring to Zacharias and Elisabeth, from whom, according to promise, John was born, says: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke 1:6 And again, speaking of Zacharias: And it came…
Proofs in continuation, extracted from St. John's Gospel. The Gospels are four in number, neither more nor less. Mystic reasons for this. 1. John, the disciple of the Lord, preaches this faith, and seeks, by the proclamation of the Gospel, to remove that error which by Cerinthus had been disseminated among men, and a long time previously by those termed Nicolaitans, who are an …
2. What then is it which he is bringing about? For that it belongs not to John to have doubt hereupon, no nor to any ordinary person, nor even to one extremely foolish and frenzied; so much is evident from what we have said. And now we have only to add the solution. For what intent then did he send to ask? John's disciples were starting aside from Jesus, and this surely any one…
1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…

Cross-references

  • John 1:21 — And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
  • Luke 1:15 — For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
  • Luke 1:15 — For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
  • Luke 1:76 — And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
  • Luke 1:76 — And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
  • Luke 16:16 — The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
  • Luke 20:6 — But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
  • Mark 9:11 — And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
  • Matt 14:5 — And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
  • Matt 14:5 — And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
  • Matt 17:12 — But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
  • Matt 21:24 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
  • Matt 21:26 — But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.