What went ye out for to see?

The third question brings before them the real object of their pilgrimage in his holy office, and amplifies that office itself. So that the great forerunner is made to rise gradually and sublimely into his personality, and thus his preaching of repentance is revived in their minds.-- Alford.

More than. prophet.

John was more than. prophet, because he did not write of, but saw and pointed out, the object of his prophecy, and because of his proximity to the kingdom of God. He was, moreover, more than. prophet, because he himself was the subject, as well as the vehicle, of prophecy.-- Alford. He was more than. prophet, because he was. reformer, forerunner and way-preparer, as well as prophet. No other prophet ever had so honored an office.

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