Mystic if I may...
JOhn was the biggest man that would EVER be born of a woman... why? Because John was Elijah, and filled with the Holy Spirit from His mothers womb.... And IN his mother's womb he got excited by the baby in Maria... Jesus and John was connected even before they were born... Elijah and Jesus met up again on the mount with Moses, when Jesus transformed and spoke to Moses and Elijah AFTER John died... It was not John the baptist that came back, it was Elijah again...
So here goes .... John the Baptist knew Jesus even before he was born so John had NO doubt he was Jesus. And John new Jesus when he baptized Him... So now John is in jail and he knew he was going to die soon. Any person filled with the Holy Spirit knows more than normal people,.... john had very loyal disciples and they would need a new leader when he is gone... so John send them to Jesus to also KNOW JESUS is the messiah... then they can go and become disciples of Jesus.
John asked for their sakes not his own.... John KNEW Jesus and Jesus declared him the biggest of all men, but the smallest in the Kingdom... What an AWESOME God we serve... And His men were also so special.... John was a very holy man.... Filled with the Holy Spirit from birth... WOW!!!
