Firstly, Matt. 11:11 shows that John the Baptist was not born-again and because of that he was lesser than the least in the kingdom. You need to be born-again to enter the kingdom of heaven (John 3:3-5), and it was impossible to be born-again before the resurrection of Jesus. Jesus had to rise from the dead, “that He might be the firstborn among many brethren” (Rom. 8:29 and Col. 1:18).
Kwanza, Mathayo 11:11 inaonyesha ya kwamba Yohana Mbatizaji hakuwa amezaliwa mara ya pili na kwa sababu hii alikuwa mdogo kamwe katika ufalme.Unahitaji kuzaliwa mara ya pili ili uingie katika ufalme wa mbinnguni (Yohana 3:3-5), na ilikuwa ngumu kuzaliwa mara ya pili kabla ya ufufuo wa Yesu.Yesu alipaswa kufufuka toka wafu, “ ili awe mzaliwa wa kwanza katika wengi” (Warumi 8:29 na Wako 1:18).