<p>7:18 <i>And the disciples of John told him of all these things</i>- They heard the &quot;report&quot; that Jesus of Nazareth was &quot;the prophet&quot; (:16) and that the time of Messianic visitation had come. As noted on :19, the &quot;report&quot; may have been that the Lord was not so much Messiah as the Elijah prophet. This would make John's enquiry of :19 not so much a lack of faith but more of genuine confusion as to the Lord's prophetic identity.</p>