KJV: But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
YLT: 'But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:
Darby: But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and what is more excellent than a prophet.
ASV: But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
ἐξήλθατε | have you gone out |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: ἐξέρχομαι Sense: to go or come forth of. |
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ἰδεῖν | to see |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
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προφήτην | A prophet |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: προφήτης Sense: in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things. |
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ναί | Yes |
Parse: Particle Root: ναί Sense: yea, verily, truly, assuredly, even so. |
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λέγω | I say |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 1st Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak. |
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ὑμῖν | to you |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 2nd Person Plural Root: σύ Sense: you. |
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καὶ | and [one] |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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περισσότερον | more excellent |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Singular, Comparative Root: περισσός Sense: exceeding some number or measure or rank or need. |
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προφήτου | than a prophet |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: προφήτης Sense: in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things. |
Greek Commentary for Luke 7:26
A real prophet will always get a hearing if he has a message from God. He is a for-speaker, forth-teller He may or may not be a fore-teller. The main thing is for the prophet to have a message from God which he is willing to tell at whatever cost to himself. The word of God came to John in the wilderness of Judea (Luke 3:2). That made him a prophet. There is a prophetic element in every real preacher of the Gospel. Real prophets become leaders and moulders of men. [source]
The popular conception of a prophet is limited to his foretelling future events. This is indeed included in the term, but does not cover its meaning entirely. The word is from φημί , to speak, and πρό , before, in front of. This meaning of the preposition may have reference to time, viz.,before, beforehand; or to place, viz.,in front of, and so, publicly; and this latter meaning, in turn, easily runs into that of in behalf of; for. The prophet is, therefore, primarily, one who speaks standing before another, and thus forming a medium between him and the hearer. This sense runs naturally into that of instead of. Hence it is the technical term for the interpreter of a divine message. So Plato: “For this reason it is customary to appoint diviners or interpreters to be judges of the true inspiration. Some persons call them diviners, seers ( μάντεις ); they do not know that they are only repeaters of dark sayings and visions, and are not to be called diviners at all, but interpreters ( προφῆται ) of things divine” (“Timaeus,” 72). Similarly of an advocate to speak for, or instead of one. The central idea of the word is, one to whom God reveals himself and through whom he speaks. The revelation may or may not relate to the future. The prophet is a forth-teller, not necessarily a foreteller. The essence of the prophetic character is immediate intercourse with God. One of the Hebrew names for “prophet,” and, as some maintain, the earlier name, signified a shewer or seer. See 1 Samuel 9:10; and in 1 Corinthians 14:26-30, Paul shows that revelation stands in necessary connection with prophesying. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 7:26
From τρυπτω thruptō to break down, to enervate, an old word for luxurious living. See the verb τρυπαω truphaō in James 5:5.In kings‘ courts (εν τοις βασιλειοις en tois basileiois). Only here in the N.T. Matthew 11:8 has it “in kings‘ houses.” Luke 7:26, Luke 7:27 are precisely alike in Matthew 11:9, Matthew 11:10. See note on Matthew 11:9 for discussion. [source]
Only here in the N.T. Matthew 11:8 has it “in kings‘ houses.” Luke 7:26, Luke 7:27 are precisely alike in Matthew 11:9, Matthew 11:10. See note on Matthew 11:9 for discussion. [source]
See on Luke 7:26. The order is a prophet art thou; the emphasis being on prophet. [source]
See on Luke 7:26. [source]
See on Luke 7:26. [source]
Christian prophets these were (cf. Acts 13:1) who came from Jerusalem (the headquarters, Acts 8:15). Judas and Silas are called prophets (Acts 14:4; Acts 15:32). They were not just fore-tellers, but forth-tellers. The prophet had inspiration and was superior to the speaker with tongues (1 Corinthians 14:3). John was a prophet (Luke 7:26). We need prophets in the ministry today. [source]
See on prophet, Luke 7:26. In the New Testament, as in the Old, the prominent idea is not prediction, but the inspired delivery of warning, exhortation, instruction, judging, and making manifest the secrets of the heart. See 1 Corinthians 14:3, 1 Corinthians 14:24, 1 Corinthians 14:25. The New-Testament prophets are distinguished from teachers, by speaking under direct divine inspiration. [source]
Not mere foretelling of the future. Quite probably very little of this element is contemplated; but utterance under immediate divine inspiration: delivering inspired exhortations, instructions, or warnings. See on prophet, Luke 7:26. The fact of direct inspiration distinguished prophecy from “teaching.” [source]
See on prophet, Luke 7:26. Commonly explained of preaching repentance, though some take it in the later sense of foretelling future events. [source]
See on prophet, Luke 7:26. [source]