“And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?”
As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: what did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? Jesus turns John's departure into a teaching opportunity about John's identity and significance. The rhetorical questions communicate that the crowd who went out to see John went for a reason — they were drawn by someone significant, not by an ordinary sight. The reed shaken by the wind is the image of someone easily moved by social pressure: John was the opposite.
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