Anf-03 v.viii.xx Pg 15
Isa. xxxv. 5.
did not the relaxed hands and palsied knees become strong,7408 7408
Anf-01 viii.iv.cxxii Pg 4
Isa. xlii. 16, Isa. xliii. 10.
To whom, then, does Christ bear witness? Manifestly to those who have believed. But the proselytes not only do not believe, but twofold more than yourselves blaspheme His name, and wish to torture and put to death us who believe in Him; for in all points they strive to be like you. And again in other words He cries: ‘I the Lord have called Thee in righteousness, and will hold Thine hand, and will strengthen Thee, and will give Thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out the prisoners from their bonds.’2420 2420
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xviii Pg 21
Tertullian stands alone in the notion that St. John’s inquiry was owing to any withdrawal of the Spirit, so soon before his martyrdom, or any diminution of his faith. The contrary is expressed by Origen, Homil. xxvii., on Luke vii.; Chrysostom on Matt. xi.; Augustine, Sermon. 66, de Verbo; Hilary on Matthew; Jerome on Matthew, and Epist. 121, ad Algas.; Ambrose on Luke, book v. § 93. They say mostly that the inquiry was for the sake of his disciples. (Oxford Library of the Fathers, vol. x. p. 267, note e). [Elucidation V.]
and return back again of course to the Lord, as to its all-embracing original.4156 4156 Ut in massalem suam summam.
Therefore John, being now an ordinary person, and only one of the many,4157 4157 Unus jam de turba.
was offended indeed as a man, but not because he expected or thought of another Christ as teaching or doing nothing new, for he was not even expecting such a one.4158 4158 Eundem.
Nobody will entertain doubts about any one whom (since he knows him not to exist) he has no expectation or thought of. Now John was quite sure that there was no other God but the Creator, even as a Jew, especially as a prophet.4159 4159 Etiam prophetes.
Whatever doubt he felt was evidently rather4160 4160 Facilius.
entertained about Him4161 4161 Jesus.
whom he knew indeed to exist but knew not whether He were the very Christ. With this fear, therefore, even John asks the question, “Art thou He that should come, or look we for another?”4162 4162
Edersheim Bible History
Lifetimes ix.xxiv Pg 1.4, Lifetimes ix.xxiv Pg 25.2
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 18
VERSE (43) - Ps 30:2; 146:8 Isa 29:18,19; 35:5; 42:16; 43:8 Mt 9:28-30; 11:5
