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TDNT Reference: 6:781,952
Strong's Number G4396 matches the Greek προφήτης (prophētēs),
which occurs 31 times in 30 verses in 'Luk'
in the TR Greek.
And you, child, will be called
a prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare his ways,
as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:
A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make his paths straight!
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written:
“And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had leprosy,[fn] and yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. Take note — your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.
“What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
“I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John,[fn] but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him — she’s a sinner! ”
They answered, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.”[fn]
“For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see but didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear but didn’t hear them.”
As the crowds were increasing, he began saying, “This generation is an evil generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.[fn]
“Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’
“so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world[fn] —
“There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.
“Yet it is necessary that I travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently invited to enter it.[fn]
“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’ ”
Then he took the Twelve aside and told them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
“But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
“What things? ” he asked them.
So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,
He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow[fn] to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.
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