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As they departed (τούτων δὲ πορευομένων)
Rev., more literal and better, as these went their way; or while they, John's disciples, were departing' thus giving the simultaneousness of Jesus' words with the act of departure.
To see (θεάσασθαι)
Rev., to behold. θεᾶσθαι, like θεωρεῖν, expresses the calm, continuous contemplation of an object which remains before the spectator. Compare Joh 1:14. Another verb is used in Christ's repetition of the question, Mat 11:8, Mat 11:9; ἰδεῖν in the ordinary sense of seeing. The more earnest expression suits the first question.