In expectation. Expecting the Messiah. The marginal note says suspense. That is, they were not certain whether John himself was t…

All men mused in their hearts . . .—The surmise which St. Luke thus records is not given by St. Matthew or St. Mark, but …

Origen of Alexandria: It was fitting that more deference should be paid to John than to other men, for he lived as no other m…

The question naturally arose whether such a radical prophet as John might be the Messiah (cf. Jn 1:19-25). John responds in several ways. The Messi…

And as the people were in expectation, of the coming of the Messiah; Daniel's seventy weeks being now accomplished, the sceptre bei…

John the Baptist disowned being the Christ himself but confirmed the people in their expectations of the long-promised Messiah. He could only exhor…