He that cometh (ο ερχομενος). This phrase refers to the Messiah (Luke 13:35; Luke 19:38; [Reference Hebrew…

Are you he that should come? That is, are you the Me iah, or the Christ? The Jews expected a Savior. His coming had been long foretold,[Re…

Are you the one who is to come? — There are no adequate grounds for assuming, as some have, that the Baptist sent his disciples on…

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. Now w…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Evangelist had shown above how Christ's miracles and teaching instructed both His disciples and the mult…

Apparently John had been held in prison by Herod during Jesus’ extensive Galilean ministry , perhaps as long as a year. The one to whom he had poin…

Are you he who was to come? John takes for granted what the disciples had known from their childhood, for it was the first lesson of relig…

And said unto him
By the disciples he sent; this was the message they came with, and this the question they were to …

Some think that John sent this inquiry for his own satisfaction. Where there is true faith, there may yet be a mixture of unbelief. The remaining u…

After saying these things, the Lord pa ed from there to teach and preach, and this was for three reasons.