Luke chapter 07 (a)

18 John's disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 

19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?

20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?' 

When I read this paragraph, I'm interested that why Luke repeated John's disciples' question after what John has said without any missing word. I have no answer at the moment. But it recalled me the spies who have searched for Cannan. At that time, Mose was too old to go by himself, so he sent the spies to check God's promise. Just as John, in prison and unable to meet Jesus by himself, sent his disciples to check God's promise as well. In the end, both Mose and John didn't see what they have been waiting for with their whole lives. However, the spies were blessed because they not only witnessed the promises, but also can recognize the truth behind their observation. In the case of Joshua and Caleb, such wisdom led them enter Cannan and receive their heritages; in the case of John's disciples, if they can repeat what they've seen, just as the way they repeated John's question, and strengthen John's and other disciples' faith, just as what Joshua and Caleb have done, then these two disciples of John would be blessed.

Finally return to ourselves. If we can repeat to others what we saw, what we experienced from Jesus, our beautiful Cannan, then we are none other than the good and blessed spies!