John the Baptists Question

[bac]

When John the Baptist baptized Jesus God said that Jesus was his son, presumably John the Baptist heard this.
Why then did John the Baptist later send someone to ask Jesus if he was the one they were waiting for or should they look for another?

 

[MikeMaturenMDiv]

bac:

When John the Baptist baptized Jesus God said that Jesus was his son, presumably John the Baptist heard this.
Why then did John the Baptist later send someone to ask Jesus if he was the one they were waiting for or should they look for another?

Actually, it is not necessary in the text that John heard God. The Scripture actually says that HE heard the voice from heaven. The “HE” could have been Jesus, not John. In fact, the subject of the verse at hand (Matthew 3:16-17) is Jesus, so when the pronoun “he” is used, it is assumed that it refers back to the subject, Jesus.

Hope this helps.

 

[trogiah]

bac:

When John the Baptist baptized Jesus God said that Jesus was his son, presumably John the Baptist heard this.
Why then did John the Baptist later send someone to ask Jesus if he was the one they were waiting for or should they look for another?

I would say because, even though John was obviously a man of great faith and courage, He was, like every one of the rest of us, limited in vision. Scripture records that Peter, James and John, (at different times) had faulty vision of what the Messiah should be like and what the kingdom of God would be like.

There is no person in all of scripture - except Jesus - that scripture does not point out as having flaws. This includes Moses, King David, his son Solomon, Paul and the other Apostles, Even Mary is indicated at least once to have limited vision of who Jesus really was. Thus it shouldn’t suprise us that John the Baptist didn’t quite have the picture right either.

I suppose the best we can do is to ask for God’s blessing so that we “do not find a stumbling block” in Jesus.

peace.

-Jim

 

[prodromos]

He did it for the benefit of the disciples who continued to cling to him, not because he himself doubted. Christ had to increase and he had to decrease, but whereas a number of his disciples left him to follow Jesus at the beginning of Christ’s ministry (John 1:35-37) there were others who remained with him even after he was put in prison, and it was necessary for him to direct those who remained to Christ.

John.