And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
Parallel translations
- WEB The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
- BSB The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in 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 6:14Then 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.
- Luke 7:16And 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.
- John 7:40Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
- Matt 2:23And 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.
- Acts 7:37This 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 18:15–19The 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 9:17They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
- John 1:21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
- Acts 3:22–23For 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.
- Matt 16:13–14When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
- John 4:19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
- Mark 6:15Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
- John 1:45–46Philip 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.
- Luke 24:19And 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:
- John 1:25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
- Luke 13:33Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
- Luke 7:39Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
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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.'
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