Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 11:11

#yeshua was born of a woman and he was definitely greater than John, so I think his intent was that John was the greatest of all prophets.

• John was greatest among the prophets because he was closest in time to that which he prophesied, the coming of the Messiah. "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
• The least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than John in two respects: He has witnessed with his own eyes the fulfillment of the greatest prophecies and he has stepped beyond anticipating the Kingdom into being an active citizen of the Kingdom.