Who is the great prophet in Luke 7:16?
score:1
Accepted answer
The people - not yet recognizing that Jesus is God - call Him a prophet immediately after witnessing the raising of the son of the widow at Nain.
If this is not completely obvious from Luke 17:11-16, it may be more clear from the text which follows. Luke writes that This rumor [i.e. that a great prophet is risen among us] of Him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about. This is what the Pharisee who criticized Jesus to himself had in mind when the woman anointed His feet with her tears: This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth Him: for she is a sinner (v.39).
Upvote:1
The great prophet they were referring to was Jesus. Deuteronomy 18:15-18 speaks of a prophet greater than Moses whom the people shall listen to. This is likely what Luke is referencing to when he quoted the words of the people who witnessed the miracle.
More post
- 📝 Who rules this Earth after the millenium?
- 📝 Why aren't the books of the Bible in chronological order?
- 📝 What specific thing in the Bible separates the Old Testament from the New Testament?
- 📝 Why didn't Jesus write books of his teachings but charge his apostles to spread the Gospel?
- 📝 Does God control "demons"?
- 📝 How do Trinitarians explain verses where Jesus claims to have a God?
- 📝 In Mark 10:17-31, what did the rich man lack?
- 📝 Is there any clue/hint in the Bible that tells us “why or how” we won't sin on heaven?
- 📝 In the Bible, have "good men" often set their hand against each other?
- 📝 Did adherents of apocatastasis in the early church believe that the devil and his demons would be restored?
- 📝 Are all humans in Heaven equal or is there also a kind of hierarchy? (Roman Catholic perspective)
- 📝 If a sin is not intentional but due to psychological or physical reasoning, will Jesus Christ still count that act as a sin?
- 📝 According to LDS, what principles of the gospel were corrupted in the Great Apostasy?
- 📝 What is the source of Paul's issues with Sophistry?
- 📝 Did Jesus have a cover on the head?
- 📝 Did Thomas Merton write "I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity" ? If so, in which writing?
- 📝 Funeral Mass vs. Mass for the Deceased
- 📝 Does the priest have the power to forgive sins?
- 📝 What has been said about happy unbelievers?
- 📝 What is God's nature?
- 📝 Who were the "scribes" whom Jesus often disputes against in the canonical gospels?
- 📝 According to Catholicism is feeling nostalgic a sin?
- 📝 Can a Catholic priest adopt a child?
- 📝 Theology question: why hasn't God stopped Satan and his demons?
- 📝 According to Preterism has Matthew 19:27-30 been fulfilled? If so, when?
- 📝 I'm a practicing Roman Catholic, but considering attending a Greek Orthodox church instead of our local RC church. Will I be welcomed?
- 📝 Is Luke's label for Christianity - "the Way" - used in later Christian writings?
- 📝 How does Christianity define idolatry?
- 📝 What scholarship exists behind the WikiSource translation of the Bible?
- 📝 Paul's analysis of Abraham's "offspring(s)" in Galatians 3
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Who is the great prophet in Luke 7:16?
- 📝 Who is the prophet Moses mentioned in Deuteronomy 18:15?
- 📝 What is the significance of Luke 22:44 where Christ's sweat was as great drops of blood in the garden of Gethsemane while he prayed?
- 📝 Who was Luke in the bible?
- 📝 Would the Christians Luke was writing for know who Phanuel was?
- 📝 Who is the last prophet in Catholicism?
- 📝 How do those who hold Genesis is in a mythic genre but the Gospels historical genre reconcile Luke 3's genealogy which matches Genesis?
- 📝 Who are the "little ones" in Luke 17:2?
- 📝 Famous theologians or saints who held that there were no valid Popes during the Great Western Schism?
- 📝 How do those who believe in a works or works + faith based salvation interpret Jesus' words to the criminal in Luke 23:43?
- 📝 According to evangelicals, who are the Great Multitude at Rev 7:9, who come out of the great tribulation (on earth) where they are given life?
- 📝 Who is the best prophet in Christianity? and is he the best human being in the eyes of God?
- 📝 Based on Luke 3:22 & 1:39-41, Genesis 1:2, the 'Holy Spirit' was already here, so who does John 16:7, 16:13-14, John 14:26 talk about?
- 📝 Why are Matthew, Mark, and Luke called the synoptic gospels?
- 📝 Who were the "giants" mentioned in the Bible?
- 📝 Who wrote the Book of Revelation?
- 📝 According to those holding that Lazarus was literally raised from the dead, why did Matthew, Mark, and Luke not mention it?
- 📝 For Catholics who object to Vatican II, what are the key issues?
- 📝 Who is a Christian according to the Russian Orthodox Church
- 📝 According to Evangelicals, before the Reformation, who were Christians if “Catholics are not Christians”?
- 📝 What is the significance of Noah, after the flood, getting drunk and cursing his son who saw him Naked?
- 📝 Why does the (N)KJV put Jesus' name in all caps in Matthew 1:21 and Luke 1:31?
- 📝 Who was St. Joseph's Father? The New Testament seems to give two answers
- 📝 Who bought the Field of Blood, Judas or the Priests?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for withholding communion from believers who are unbaptized?
- 📝 What does the Roman Catholic church teach about those who die having never heard of Christ?
- 📝 What is the origin of the idea that Matthew, Mark, and Luke didn't mention Lazarus in order to protect him?
- 📝 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - who is understood as the fourth person in the fire?
- 📝 Who never died in the Bible?
- 📝 According to LDS (Mormon) teaching, who was the first God who began the eternal progression?