 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 606 pages
...not equal to the apostles. This is his - meaning in the following words: " Among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." (o) For he is not there... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 554 pages
...was the greatest of all the prophets who came before Christ, Matt. xi. 11. Among those that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist ; ie he had the most honourable office. He was as the morning-star, which is the harbinger of the approaching... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1817 - 590 pages
...hath declared the character of John. John ivas a burning and a shining light. Among them that are born of •women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist. Jesus, speaking of the ill treatment of John, implies that posterity would do his character justice,... | |
 | John Henry Hobart - 1817 - 348 pages
...character did our Saviour give of St. John Baptist ? A. Our Saviour testified that " of them who are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist ;" and that he " came neither eating nor drinking;"^ implying that his way of living was more thun... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...BapUsl cmnes in flic •ST. MATTHEW. spirit and poicer of Elijah. AM -10,41. AD 27. CCI.' 3. are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding, he that is least in the 'В' kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 * And from... | |
 | Sir Charles Abraham Elton - 1818 - 238 pages
...Matt. xi. 11 ; for yervyn; and /swttgj/oj have precisely the same meaning: "Among merri' that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist." Sent forth, like proceeding forth, or coming out, from GOD, are expressions thought to prove a similar... | |
 | Thomas Robbins - 1820 - 186 pages
...have, and , yet be far greater than the prophet Elijah. For Christ says, " Among them that are born 'of women, there hath not risen a greater than 'John the Baptist." — Christ, in many tilings, was like to Moses, but in all, his superior. If Christ can be no more... | |
 | 1821 - 780 pages
...he obtained this testimony from him who sent him: " Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist." The greatness of this holy man consisted in the strictness of his integrity, and the faithfulness of... | |
 | John Venn - 1822 - 446 pages
...thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Verily, I say unto you, Among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist; notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And from the days of... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1822 - 246 pages
...kings' houses'" — in the original, in the houses of the kings. ver. 1 1 . "among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John, the Baptist." in the original, them that are born of the women. In other cases, the English the must be used where... | |
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Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 
