And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
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Gill's Exposition
And said unto him,.... By the disciples he sent; this was the message they came with, and this the question they were to ask, and did,
art thou he that should come? A "periphrasis" of the Messiah,…
Barnes' Notes
Art thou he that should come? - That is, Art thou the Messiah, or the Christ? The Jews expected a Saviour. His coming had been long foretold, Gen 49:10; Isa 9:1-6; Isa 11:1-5; Isa 35:4-6; Isa 53:1-12;…
The first verse of this chapter some join to the foregoing chapter, and make it (not unfitly) the close of that.
1. The ordination sermon which Christ preached to his disciples in the foregoing…
Cambridge Bible
he that should come Literally, He that cometh. One of the designations of the Messiah; in every age the prophet said "He cometh."
It is often disputed whether John sent this message (1) from a sense…
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