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When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, `Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?`"
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A Specific Messianic Question
Commentators explain that the question from John's disciples, "Art thou he that cometh?", uses a specific and recognized title for the Messiah. This wasn't a casual inquiry but a direct and formal question asking Jesus if He was the long-awaited "Coming One" prophesied in the Old Testament.
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19th Century
Anglican
He that should come.—Literally, as in St. Matthew, He that cometh, or, the coming One.
Baptist
When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come, or look we for another? …
The healings and presumably also the raising of the widow’s son apparently have not sufficed to convince John of Jesus’ messiahship. This reluctanc…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When the men were come to him To Jesus; "those two men", as the Arabic version reads; "the disciples", as the Persic…
Presbyterian
To His miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this one in the kingdom of grace: To the poor the gospel is preached. This clearly p…
