The Question of John the Baptist and Jesus' Indictment of the Religious Leaders : A Critical Analysis of Luke 7:18-35

A critical analysis of Luke 7:18-35 that offers an intriguing answer to the problematic question of John the Baptist: 'Are you the one who is to come?'. The study argues that the tradition in Matthew 11:2-19 and Luke 7:18-35 deserves to be interpreted differently in the Gospel of Luke and explains how Luke integrates John's apparent ignorance of Jesus as well as Jesus' indictment of the religious leaders into his literary scheme. Finally, Martínez shows how Luke puts this tradition about John and Jesus at the service of his theocentric and christological perspectives and offers an alternative explanation to the prevailing interpretation of John's question.