A one word mistranslation can be misleading
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John knew that Jesus was the Son of God.
His question was "are you the promised Christ who will deliver us from Romans etc?"
Because John (like also the Judaism as such) was probably expecting a victorious Christ, bringing the kingdom to the national Israel.
So this idea was not compabitle with John being in the prison.
There is, therefore, no problem with these verses.
His question was "are you the promised Christ who will deliver us from Romans etc?"
Because John (like also the Judaism as such) was probably expecting a victorious Christ, bringing the kingdom to the national Israel.
So this idea was not compabitle with John being in the prison.
There is, therefore, no problem with these verses.
B
Matt 11:2 this verse is out of place for its from another section smilier which doesn't speak of John in prison so in Luke is more fitting..
Luke 7
18 John's disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them,
19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?"
20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, `Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?'"
21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind.
22 So he replied to the messengers, "Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
23 Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me."
24 After John's messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?
Luke 7
18 John's disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them,
19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?"
20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, `Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?'"
21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind.
22 So he replied to the messengers, "Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
23 Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me."
24 After John's messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?
B
I've looked into this logically,,, IMO speculation or theory is just that I have looked more to the word Prison. IMO the word Observants or watch the plural form of prison is more fitting when used in its Greek or Hebrew plural form in the context of the verses used when explaining what John doing while his disciples were speaking to Him about Jesus and this is before the baptism of Jesus when John had not seen Jesus yet.. IMO
Shamar or Mishmar being the orginal word and Prison being the translated word of it..
KJV
Strong's Concordance
mishmar: place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance
Original Word: מִשְׁמָר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mishmar
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mawr')
Short Definition: guard
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from shamar
Definition
place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance
NASB Translation
confinement (4), custody (2), diligence (1), division (2), guard (8), keeping watch (1), post (1), prison (1), prison* (1), services (1).
Since Luke 7:18 on is the same as Matthew 11:2 on
Lk7:18 John's disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them,
Mt11:2 When John heard in Observants of what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples
Mt11:3 to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?"
Mt11:4 Jesus replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see:
Mt11:5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Mt11:6 Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me."
Shamar or Mishmar being the orginal word and Prison being the translated word of it..
KJV
Strong's Concordance
mishmar: place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance
Original Word: מִשְׁמָר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mishmar
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mawr')
Short Definition: guard
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from shamar
Definition
place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance
NASB Translation
confinement (4), custody (2), diligence (1), division (2), guard (8), keeping watch (1), post (1), prison (1), prison* (1), services (1).
Since Luke 7:18 on is the same as Matthew 11:2 on
Lk7:18 John's disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them,
Mt11:2 When John heard in Observants of what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples
Mt11:3 to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?"
Mt11:4 Jesus replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see:
Mt11:5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Mt11:6 Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me."
