Why Did John Still Have Disciples?

[Yod]

We see from the New Testament that John, the Baptist, had disciples in his ministry.

We see also John boldly proclaimed his role as the forerunner to the messiah.

We see also that John bore diligent witness that Jesus was he who came after John, that Jesus was the Lamb of God, come to take away the sin of the world, and to baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost.

We see that not all John's disciples chose to follow Jesus, but some chose to remain John's disciples.

We see also that John tried to address this situation by sending two of his disciples to Jesus to ask him if he, Jesus, was the one - the messiah - who should come, or whether they looked for another.

And we see from Acts that somebody was likely administering "John's baptism" after the crucifixion.

So why did John's disciples not all follow Jesus?

And if they did not follow Jesus after John testified of him, why were they following John in the first place?

This question might be generalized - why do men choose discipleship to prophets over becoming disciples to Jesus Christ, even when those prophets testify of Jesus?

[kittycat51]

They lacked faith as many currently still do, whether that be faith in a prophet but not Christ or faith in Christ and not His anointed prophets.

[Serragon]

Difficult to answer about John's disciples since those men are no longer here to ask.

Apollos in acts was preaching John's baptism because this was the limit of his knowledge. Once Aquila and Priscilla taught him the rest of the Gospel, he readily accepted and taught that.

The disciples Paul met on the way from Corinth to Ephesus had never been taught about the baptism of fire. Once taught by Paul, they readily accepted and were baptized again.

So it appears that in the cases in Acts, it was simply that the fullness of the Gospel of Christ had not yet been preached to everyone yet. There is no evidence that people were choosing discipleship to John over Christ.

As to your generalized question.. I don't know that this is actually happening. Do you have some examples?

[Finrock]

We see from the New Testament that John, the Baptist, had disciples in his ministry.

We see also John boldly proclaimed his role as the forerunner to the messiah.

We see also that John bore diligent witness that Jesus was he who came after John, that Jesus was the Lamb of God, come to take away the sin of the world, and to baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost.

We see that not all John's disciples chose to follow Jesus, but some chose to remain John's disciples.

We see also that John tried to address this situation by sending two of his disciples to Jesus to ask him if he, Jesus, was the one - the messiah - who should come, or whether they looked for another.

And we see from Acts that somebody was likely administering "John's baptism" after the crucifixion.

So why did John's disciples not all follow Jesus?

And if they did not follow Jesus after John testified of him, why were they following John in the first place?

This question might be generalized - why do men choose discipleship to prophets over becoming disciples to Jesus Christ, even when those prophets testify of Jesus?

Some reasons:

Because they do not believe in Jesus Christ. Easier to abdicate to another. They love their substance.

All I think can be condensed or boiled down to unbelief in Jesus Christ.

-Finrock

[inho]

Basically you are asking why people don't always make perfect choices.