The Question of John the Baptist and Jesus’ Indictment of the Religious Leaders. Roberto a. Martinez

The Question of John the Baptist and Jesus’ Indictment of the Religious Leaders - Roberto a. Martinez


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to produce a firm and steadfast faith in Him, in those, who as yet were halting, nor thus far convinced that He is the Christ, he puts on the appearance of ignorance, and so sends to Him certain [sic] to ask Him, saying ‘Art Thou He That cometh, or do we wait for another’? . . . I said then, that he puts on the appearance of ignorance purposely, not so much that he might himself learn—for as being the forerunner he knew the mystery—but that his disciples might be convinced, how great is the Savior’s superiority, and that, as the word of the inspired Scripture had announced before, He is God, and the Lord That was to come.12

      For Bede, the Baptist’s greatness lies in his moral compass, and John’s subordination with respect to the kingdom can be interpreted as referring either to the eschatological kingdom of God or to the Church.


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