<p>10:41- see on Gal. 3:5.</p><p><i>Many came to him. And they said: John did no miracle, but everything that John said about this man was true</i>- Several times during his ministry Elijah did spectacular miracles to confirm the validity of his message.&nbsp;The fact that &quot;John did no miracle&quot; is perhaps recorded in order to show that he was not the supreme fulfilment of the prophet who would come &quot;in the spirit and power of Elias&quot; (Luke 1:17), i.e. doing similar miracles to those of Elijah.&nbsp;John could have been the Elijah prophet in fullness, for in a sense he was Elijah; but Israel would not. We see here how potentials are set up, which may never be realized because of our weakness or that of others. The Holy Spirit was upon John from the womb; but he did no miracle. Here we see encouragement for us- that the activity of the Spirit in our lives, which John's Gospel continually alludes to, doesn't require that we perform miracles. It is very wrong to assume as Pentecostalism does that the Spirit = miracles; just as it is so wrong to assume that because the miraculous gifts are no longer available, therefore the Holy Spirit is not given to men today. Perhaps this observation about John doing no miracle is purposefully included in John's Gospel because he was writing at a time when the miraculous gifts were disappearing, but there was an urgent need to accept the Holy Spirit in the sense of the internal strengthening which is critical to the Christian life.</p>