Lukas 1:76
Konteks1:76 And you, child, 1 will be called the prophet 2 of the Most High. 3
For you will go before 4 the Lord to prepare his ways, 5
Lukas 7:26
Konteks7:26 What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more 6 than a prophet.
Lukas 20:6
Konteks20:6 But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
[1:76] 1 sn Now Zechariah describes his son John (you, child) through v. 77.
[1:76] 2 tn Or “a prophet”; but since Greek nouns can be definite without the article, and since in context this is a reference to the eschatological forerunner of the Messiah (cf. John 1:17), the concept is better conveyed to the English reader by the use of the definite article “the.”
[1:76] 3 sn In other words, John is a prophet of God; see 1:32 and 7:22-23, 28.
[1:76] 4 tc Most
[1:76] 5 tn This term is often translated in the singular, looking specifically to the forerunner role, but the plural suggests the many elements in that salvation.
[1:76] sn On the phrase prepare his ways see Isa 40:3-5 and Luke 3:1-6.
[7:26] 6 tn John the Baptist is “more” because he introduces the one (Jesus) who brings the new era. The term is neuter, but may be understood as masculine in this context (BDAG 806 s.v. περισσότερος b.).