Cheryl Schatz

Hi Vance, You said: “Notice that it does not say; “I’m starting to wonder if Jesus is really the one, so go and ask him this question for me.” It only says go and ask Him this question.” It actually says a bit more than that. It says “summoning the disciples”. This term means to call them to oneself for a purpose. the purpose is for them to go and ask Jesus the question. Next after John summoned the disciples he “sent” them to Jesus. It was John’s initiative and John’s quest. It was not the disciples question, but John’s. John’s question includes the disciples since “we” is used. In Luke 7:20 the disciples said: 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?’ ” Notice that they specifically said John the Baptist has sent us to You. The question was not from them, but from John. Jesus understood that the question was from John. How did Jesus respond? Luke 7:22 Jesus said “Go and report to John…” John summoned, John sent, John asked, Jesus sent the disciples to go and report to John. It was all about John. I think if we see that the subject and concern was about John, we will see that John’s disciples are the vehicle for the message, they are not the concern. Does this make sense?