Wouldn't you like to know why Jesus called John the Baptist the greatest man ever born?

John the Baptist is the most peculiar person in the New Testament. He lived in the desert. He wore strange clothes and ate honey covered grasshoppers. He was the last of the Prophets and focused people's attention on the coming of Israel's Messiah, Jesus. and according to Jesus the Greatest man ever born to Humanity. Yet, he was a man who had his doubts and fears and paid dearly for his faith in the Messiah.