10:42 even a cup of cold water. The poorest person might have only water to offer, but hospitality obligations demanded sharing with a visitor what one had. Hot and weary travelers usually preferred water cold. 11:2–3 John understood that Jesus’ deeds (such as healings) were good, but he may have been concerned that they differed from John’s message of end-time outpourings of the Spirit and fire (see note on 3:11). 11:2 in prison. Herod Antipas imprisoned John in his Perean fortress Machaerus