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Matthew 21:11

And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

KJV

οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι ἔλεγον· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ προφήτης Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲθ τῆς Γαλιλαίας.

Greek NT

Populi autem dicebant : Hic est Jesus propheta a Nazareth Galilææ.

Vulgate

And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

ASV

And the people said: This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Γαλιλαία
galilaia
noun · 62×
Ναζαρέθ
nazareth
noun · 12×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ὁ προφήτης Ἰησοῦς | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁ προφήτης Ἰησοῦς | RP: Ἰησοῦς ὁ προφήτης
  • ὁ προφήτης ἸησοῦςSBLGNT
  • ὁ προφήτης ἸησοῦςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Ἰησοῦς ὁ προφήτηςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§559How will Jerusalem welcome her Messiah? Although Jesus had always refused popular attempts to make him king, he chooses the time and prepares the details for his messianic entry into the city of "his father David".308 Acclaimed as son of David, as the one who brings salvation (Hosanna means "Save!" or "Give salvation!"), the "King of glory" enters his City "riding on an ass".30…

Cross-references

  • Acts 3:22 — For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
  • Acts 7:37 — This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
  • Deut 18:15 — The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
  • 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.
  • John 1:45 — Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
  • John 1:45 — Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
  • John 4:19 — The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
  • John 4:19 — The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
  • John 6:14 — Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
  • John 6:14 — Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
  • John 7:40 — Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
  • John 7:40 — Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
  • John 9:17 — They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
  • Luke 7:16 — And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
  • Luke 7:16 — And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
  • Luke 13:33 — Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
  • Luke 24:19 — And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
  • Luke 24:19 — And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
  • Mark 6:15 — Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
  • Mark 6:15 — Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
  • Matt 2:23 — And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
  • Matt 16:13 — When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
  • Matt 21:46 — But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.