his disciples by putting their treatment on equal terms with his own (10:40–42). Cf. Luke 7:18–35; 10:13–15, 21–22. Before his imprisonment, John acknowledged Jesus as the One whose coming he heralded (ch. 3). Perhaps John expected that the “Coming One” would use such power to liberate his faithful forerunner. Jesus answers John’s doubts by sending back his emissaries as eyewitnesses to Jesus’ fulfilling of Old Testament prophecies (Isa. 35:5; 61:1). Jesus confirms