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The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Matthew 21:11 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
  • KJV And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
  • NKJV So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
  • NASB And the crowds were saying, “This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.”
  • NLT And the crowds replied, “It’s Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

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Quick answer

The crowds answer that this is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee. Their reply is true but falls short of his full identity as Messiah and Lord.

Overview

The crowds identify Jesus as 'the prophet' from Nazareth, an honorable but incomplete confession. While Jesus is indeed a prophet, he is far more—the Son of David and Son of God. The partial answer highlights how easily people honor Jesus without grasping the fullness of who he is.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • John 6:14When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
  • Luke 7:16A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
  • John 7:40On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
  • Matt 2:23and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
  • Acts 7:37This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
  • Deut 18:15–19The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
  • John 9:17So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
  • John 1:21“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
  • Acts 3:22–23For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
  • Matt 16:13–14When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
  • John 4:19“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
  • Mark 6:15Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
  • John 1:45–46Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
  • Luke 24:19“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.
  • John 1:25asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
  • Luke 13:33Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
  • Luke 7:39When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”

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Christ at the center

Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'

How Matthew 21:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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