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He that cometh (ho erchomenos). This phrase refers to the Messiah (Mar 11:9; Luk 13:35; Luk 19:38; Heb 10:37; Psa 118:26; Dan 7:13). Some rabbis applied the phrase to some forerunner of the kingdom (McNeile). Was there to be “another” (heteron) after Jesus? John had been in prison “long enough to develop a prison mood” (Bruce). It was once clear enough to him, but his environment was depressing and Jesus had done nothing to get him out of Machaerus (see chapter IX in my John the Loyal). John longed for reassurance.