Matthew 21:11
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The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
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THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS QUESTIONED AND THE REPLY--THE PARABLES OF THE TWO SONS, AND OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMAN. ( = Mark 11:27-12:12; Luke 20:1-19). (Mat. 21:23-46) By what authority doest thou these things!--referring particularly to the expulsion of the buyers and sellers from the temple, and who gave thee this authority?
Open source ↗21:11 The crowds with Jesus understood him to be a prophet, empowered by God to teach and to perform miracles. • The description from Nazareth in Galilee highlights Jesus’ humble origins (see 2:23).
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When 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.”
On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
A 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!”
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
So 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.
“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
“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.