And asked--" Are you 'The Coming One,' or are we to look for someone else?"
This is the man of whom Scripture says--'Behold, I am myself sending my Messenger before thy face, And he shall prepare thy way before thee.'
The answer of Jesus to the question was--"Go and report to John what you hear and see--
'Say to the daughter of Zion--"Behold, thy King is coming to thee, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden."'
The crowds that led the way, as well as those that followed behind, kept shouting: "God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God save him from on high!"
And those who led the way, as well as those who followed, kept shouting: "'God save him! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'
"Blessed is He who comes--Our King--in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven, And glory on high."
"Yes Master," she answered; "I have learned to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, 'who was to come' into the world."
And went out to meet him, shouting as they went: "'God save Him! Blessed is He who Comes in the name of the Lord'--The King of Israel!"
He will honor me; because he will take of what is mine, and will tell it to you.
"Believe me," replied Jesus, "a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.
When the people saw the signs which Jesus gave, they said: "This is certainly 'the Prophet who was to come' into the world."
Many of the people, however, believed in him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?"
'For there is indeed but a very little while ere He who is coming will have come, without delay;