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NASB | Luke 7:20 When the men came to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, 'Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?'" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 7:20 So the men came to Jesus and said, "John the Baptist sent us to You to ask, 'Are You the Expected One (the Messiah), or should we look for someone else?'" |
Bible Question:
When John the Baptist sent the question to Jesus if He was the One, or if they should continue to look for another, did John the Baptist really not know that Jesus was the Messiah, or was he just not pleased with the kind of ministry that Jesus was leading? It seems like he (John TB) would definitely know that Jesus was the Messiah, since when he baptized Him, the Holy Spirit settled upon Him (John 1:32). Thanks, reilly |
Bible Answer: Reilly, It is important to note that in Luke's chronology, unlike the other Gospels, John the baptist is imprisoned before Jesus' baptism (Luke 3:20-21). This may have been a literary device used by Luke to divide the history of salvation neatly into three parts: the time of promise(Old Testament)which ends with John, the time of fulfillment begins with Jesus' baptism and the decent of the Holy Spirit upon Him, then in Acts Luke introduces the third period, the Church age. Luke may again be using a modified chronology as a lieterary device when John sent his messengers to ask Jesus if He was "the one". It may have been related to the general Jewish expectation of a fiery Elijah like Messiah (Malachi 3:23) who would rule from Jersusalem. Jesus instead replies indicating he is "the one" but coming now as the one as depicted in Isaiah 35:5-6; 61:1; Luke 4:18. Emmaus |
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