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Jesus' Message on John the Baptist

Jesus' Message on John the Baptist is dated AD 28. It is told in Matthew 11:2–19. Jesus Christ, John the Baptist are part of it.

Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

Matthew 11:2 BSB
  1. a BYZ and TR he sent two of his disciples

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 28
Traditional reckoning
AD 28

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Galilee.

Which verses connect to Matthew 11:2?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. Matthew 14:38 votes

    Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

  2. Mark 6:178 votes

    For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

  3. Matthew 4:125 votes

    When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

  4. Matthew 9:145 votes

    Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

  5. Luke 7:18–355 votes

    Then John’s disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?” …

  6. John 4:13 votes

    When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.