The Coming One Matt 11:3

John heard about Jesus’ ministry and sent his disciples to ask, "Are you the Coming One?" John always knew that (Matt 3:11) He said that one was coming after him greater than he was, than Jesus came to be baptized. At the baptism a dove came down as a sign. John knew to look for the one the spirit rested upon. Actually, John knew even before he baptized Jesus that Jesus was reluctant to baptize even while still in the womb Luke 1:41.

The imprisonment had made him unsure of what he had always known. Now he asked for assurances that Jesus was indeed who he had always believed him to be. So John asked are you the coming one. Jesus’s answer was the testimony of Isaiah coming true before their eyes.

Is 29:18 (NKJV)
In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

Is 35:4-6 (NKJV)
4 Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
"Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and save you."
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then the lame shall leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the dumb sing.
For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness,
And streams in the desert.

Is 61:1 (NKJV)
1 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;