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NASB | Matthew 11:11 "Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 11:11 "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater [in privilege] than he. |
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Bible Note: france13 Psalm 22:6 But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people. This is a referrence to Jesus by David in the long Psalm showing the suffering of Jesus at the cross. This verse in Mathew 11:11 "Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.", clearly states that one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater that John the Bapist. Whoever that one is the scripture makes a difference between them and John the Baptist, so it cannot be referring to John the Baptist. I don't see how it could be referring to Jesus because Jesus is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, He is the king. That leaves the disciples of Jesus, all of them beyond the twelve. I believe that those who have the opportunity to come Jesus got into the kingdom on better promises as described in all of Hebrews, are those who are here in this verse, the one who is greater than John the Baptist. I think this verse is talking about the priveldge of the means by which on enters into the kingdom. How did John the Baptist get saved? By faith before Jesus came around, the same way Abraham, and Moses, and David did. But those who came into the kingdom of heaven after Jesus came around received the promises of a Messiah, a savior, a King, promises that those in the OT heard of but never saw. The Bible says those who are first shall be last, and those who are last shall be first. The people who all got saved under the OT were the first, the people who get saved under the NT were the last. John the Baptist was a very great man, but he comes from the first, regular folks who believed in Jesus and got in where the last. The first shall be last and the last shall be first. tumbleweed, God's Own |