506. Apakah Yohanes Pembaptis Meragukan Kepemimpinan Mesias Yesus?

Pertanyaan: 506. Apakah Yohanes Pembaptis Meragukan Kepemimpinan Mesias Yesus?

Pesan Yohanes, yang ditanyakan melalui murid-muridnya yang ia kirim kepada Yesus, Apakah Engkau yang harus datang, atau kita harus menantikan yang lain? (Matius 11:3), adalah hasil dari ketidak sabaran, hampir putus asa. Baginya, mungkin terasa sulit bahwa Gurunya membiarkannya begitu lama di penjara, setelah sebelumnya dihormati untuk mengumumkan dan memperkenalkannya pada awal misinya. Ia mencoba membuat Yesus berbicara terus terang, atau setidaknya menenangkan pikirannya sendiri. Namun, kesimpulan dari insiden ini menunjukkan bahwa keraguan sementara Yohanes telah ditenangkan oleh pesan yang diterimanya.

Question: 506. Did the Baptist Doubt Jesus' Messiahship?

John's message, asking through his disciples whom he sent to Jesus, "Art thou he that should come, or look we for another?" (Matt. 11:3), was the result of impatience, almost of desperation. It must have seemed hard to him that his Master should let him lie so long in prison, after having been honored to announce and introduce him at the beginning of his mission. He tried to get Jesus to speak out his mind, or at least to set his own mind at rest. The conclusion of the incident, however, shows that his transient doubts were set at rest by the message he received.

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