[af_vet_1981]

For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. Matthew 11:11 http://biblehub.com/text/matthew/11-11.htm The Greek does not use the word *prophet*.

I was not aware you knew Greek, nor that you did recognize this Scripture. It is Luke 7: My tablet's fonts are deficient but you can read the Greek here and confirm that Jesus did, in fact, use the word for prophet and that it was recorded in Greek.

• But what went ye out for to see ? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
• This is he, of whom it is written , Behold , I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
• For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

[metmom]

Some texts have *prophet* in them, others do not.

I am not a Greek scholar but with resources available on the internet, ANYONE can look up what they need in the original Greek and see what it says.

Nevertheless, Matthew 11 does not include the word *prophet*.

So while certain texts can support that John is the greatest of the prophets, Matthew supports that he is greatest of ALL.

And for the record, if John is the greatest of all people, he is also by default the greatest of all prophets.

There is still no justification for exalting Mary to the status of a god as the Catholic church has done. Even your own CCC gives Mary capitalized titles that belong to God.

[metmom]

Hey, ampu, you may be interested in this discussion.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

15 And I will put hostility
between you and between the woman,
and between your offsprings and between her offspring;t
he will strike you on the head,
and you will strike him on the heel.”

Harris, W. H., III, Ritzema, E., Brannan, R., Mangum, D., Dunham, J., Reimer, J. A., & Wierenga, M. (Eds.). (2012). The Lexham English Bible (Ge 3:15). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

This may be simpler. This is how the passage is laid out grammatically - though I do not know if it will format correctly when I paste it...

God speaks this to the Serpent. He moves from Hostility between Eve and the Serpent to an expanding conflice between the Seed of Eve and the Seed of the Serpent. This conflict will culminate when the Seed of the Serpent strikes the Seed of Eve on the heel, but the Seed of Eve crushes the head of the seed of the Serpent.

Which is probably more than anyone wants to know...