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Mat_11:3. Σύ ] Placed first for sake of emphasis. Comp. ἕτερον .
ὁ ἐρχόμενος ] He who is coming (Heb_10:37), i.e. the Messiah, who, because His advent, as being certain and near, was the object of universal expectation, is called, κατʼ ἐξοχήν , the coming one ( äÇáÌÈà ), perhaps in accordance with Psa_40:8. Olshausen, Hilgenfeld, Keim, suggest Psa_118:26; Hengstenberg suggests Mal_3:1; Hitzig, Dan_9:26.
ἕτερον ] so that thou too wouldst, in that case, be only a forerunner.
προσδοκῶμεν ] may be conjunctive (as commonly preferred) or indicative (Vulg. Erasmus, Beza, Calvin, Fritzsche). The idea of deliberation is, for psychological reasons, more appropriate. The we in the question is the expression of the popular expectation.