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Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, μείζων ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν προφήτης Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ οὐδείς ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ μείζων αὐτοῦ ἐστι. (Luke 7:28) The Testimony of the Lord: A Declaration of Paradox

Luke 7:28 records Jesus’ striking pronouncement about John the Baptist, praising him as unparalleled among those born of women — and yet introducing a paradox: the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he. This verse is not only theologically rich but grammatically artful, constructed with comparative and superlative adjectives, genitive constructions, and syntactic inversion that mirror the surprising inversion of status in the Kingdom.… Learn Koine Greek