Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

I mean, that's not explicitly said one way or the other. But Jesus shows up and asks John to baptize him. And John says, I'm not worthy to baptize you. So he knows. You should be baptizing me, not the other way around. Got it. Yeah. But he would have at least heard something. Because we have this story where Mary finds out she's pregnant.

And then she goes to her cousin Elizabeth, who's John the Baptist's mother. Yeah.

And then she goes to her cousin Elizabeth, who's John the Baptist's mother. Yeah.

And then she goes to her cousin Elizabeth, who's John the Baptist's mother. Yeah.

Yeah, right. And so there's like a knowledge there that something special might happen. Yeah, something special going on in Jesus.

Yeah, right. And so there's like a knowledge there that something special might happen. Yeah, something special going on in Jesus.

Yeah, right. And so there's like a knowledge there that something special might happen. Yeah, something special going on in Jesus.

Well, he's like a wild man. He's wearing camel skins and he's eating... locusts and honey and he's like living out in the desert. So he's not offering forgiveness. Well, he's saying repent. He's saying, so he's not offering forgiveness, but he's saying you need to seek forgiveness from God. And you start by doing this like act of forgiveness.

Well, he's like a wild man. He's wearing camel skins and he's eating... locusts and honey and he's like living out in the desert. So he's not offering forgiveness. Well, he's saying repent. He's saying, so he's not offering forgiveness, but he's saying you need to seek forgiveness from God. And you start by doing this like act of forgiveness.

Well, he's like a wild man. He's wearing camel skins and he's eating... locusts and honey and he's like living out in the desert. So he's not offering forgiveness. Well, he's saying repent. He's saying, so he's not offering forgiveness, but he's saying you need to seek forgiveness from God. And you start by doing this like act of forgiveness.

going through like a public declaration of your repentance. And the Jewish leaders kind of get mad at him because he's implying that they, like their ethnicity isn't enough. So they come and they're like, well, we're children of Abraham. And his line is, you know, God can raise up children of Abraham from these stones, is what he says.

going through like a public declaration of your repentance. And the Jewish leaders kind of get mad at him because he's implying that they, like their ethnicity isn't enough. So they come and they're like, well, we're children of Abraham. And his line is, you know, God can raise up children of Abraham from these stones, is what he says.

going through like a public declaration of your repentance. And the Jewish leaders kind of get mad at him because he's implying that they, like their ethnicity isn't enough. So they come and they're like, well, we're children of Abraham. And his line is, you know, God can raise up children of Abraham from these stones, is what he says.

So he...

So he...

So he...

Yeah, and there seems to be, in the New Testament, this buzz that it's going to happen soon. Because when Jesus talks with the woman at the well, he's... He's talking to her and she basically says like the Messiah is going to come and he's going to reveal all these things. There's this like cultural expectation. Yeah. This guy's going to come.

Yeah, and there seems to be, in the New Testament, this buzz that it's going to happen soon. Because when Jesus talks with the woman at the well, he's... He's talking to her and she basically says like the Messiah is going to come and he's going to reveal all these things. There's this like cultural expectation. Yeah. This guy's going to come.

Yeah, and there seems to be, in the New Testament, this buzz that it's going to happen soon. Because when Jesus talks with the woman at the well, he's... He's talking to her and she basically says like the Messiah is going to come and he's going to reveal all these things. There's this like cultural expectation. Yeah. This guy's going to come.

Things are bad with the Romans and he's going to rescue us from the Romans. Got it. They kind of thought that that would be military leader. Right. Right. So the expectation was that the Messiah was going to, he was going to save us from the Romans. He wasn't going to get murdered by the Romans.