Luke 7:26

7:26 What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more ¹  than a prophet.

Luke 13:33

13:33 Nevertheless I must ²  go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible ³  that a prophet should be killed ⁴  outside Jerusalem.’ ⁵ 

Luke 20:6

20:6 But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

[7:26]  ¹ 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.).

[13:33]  ² tn This is the frequent expression δεῖ (dei, “it is necessary”) that notes something that is a part of God’s plan.

[13:33]  ³ tn Or “unthinkable.” See L&N 71.4 for both possible meanings.

[13:33]  ⁴ tn Or “should perish away from.”

[13:33]  ⁵ sn Death in Jerusalem is another key theme in Luke’s material: 7:16, 34; 24:19; Acts 3:22-23. Notice that Jesus sees himself in the role of a prophet here. Jesus’ statement, it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem, is filled with irony; Jesus, traveling about in Galilee (most likely), has nothing to fear from Herod; it is his own people living in the very center of Jewish religion and worship who present the greatest danger to his life. The underlying idea is that Jerusalem, though she stands at the very heart of the worship of God, often kills the prophets God sends to her (v. 34). In the end, Herod will be much less a threat than Jerusalem.