John 1:29-36
29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away
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30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
35Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
36And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! Matthew 11:1-6
18[/color]19And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
2021Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 2223And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
2425Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 2627The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
28[color=#0000ff]29And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. I find these verses very intresting. We know John's purpose in life was to teach the people of the coming Messiah. And as foretold when he saw the Holy Spirit descend on Jesus when he babtized him, he knew Jesus was the Son of God. But later when he was in prison he sent his disciples to ask Jesus if he was the Messiah or was their another to come. Probably John feeling in great danger in prison was thinking like alot of the people that Jesus should be getting the people together and throwing the romans out of Israel. When Jesus sent back his answer John never questioned it or made a plea for Jesus to rescue him. I guess what I learned from this is God might not reveal as much to us as we would like to know but in faith he will give us what we need.
John the Babtist
