32/41 When he recommenced to preach after John's arrest, the first words put into his mouth are but the repetition of one of the familiar phrases of the Baptist.[3] Many other of John's expressions may be found repeated verbally in the discourses of Jesus.[4] The two schools appear to have lived long on good terms with each other;[5] and after the death of John, Jesus, as his trusty friend, was one of the first to be informed of the event.[6] [Footnote 1: John iii. 2 appears to be an interpolation, or perhaps a tardy scruple of John correcting himself.] [Footnote 2: John iii. |