03-30-2014, 09:57 PM
Right on, I think it's interesting too.
It does appear that JB also travelled, as we read in Luke 3:3. As you correctly highlighted (from John 1:19), we read that the Judeans from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to inquire of JB. It doesn?t say though in John 1:19 that these men were sent literally inside the Jordan river crossing to ask their questions. Rather we read literally in John 1:28, ?These in Bethany happened.? And indeed this (theory) would only be possible if JB was in Bethany for some reason and the Judeans in Jerusalem knew it. We know from Luke 3:3 that JB traveled around and was quite famous (see e.g., Matthew 3:5), and the more one reads about the potential importance and connections of a particular family in Bethany, the more one gets to thinking about the probabilities going around these matters.
It does appear that JB also travelled, as we read in Luke 3:3. As you correctly highlighted (from John 1:19), we read that the Judeans from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to inquire of JB. It doesn?t say though in John 1:19 that these men were sent literally inside the Jordan river crossing to ask their questions. Rather we read literally in John 1:28, ?These in Bethany happened.? And indeed this (theory) would only be possible if JB was in Bethany for some reason and the Judeans in Jerusalem knew it. We know from Luke 3:3 that JB traveled around and was quite famous (see e.g., Matthew 3:5), and the more one reads about the potential importance and connections of a particular family in Bethany, the more one gets to thinking about the probabilities going around these matters.