This makes it clear that the beginning with John the Baptist actually is a beginning with Jesus: the Baptist points to Jesus, the coming one!* The composition of Cycle 1 points to its centre: the programmatic address of Jesus. Nevertheless, Q lacks the denigrating depiction of the Baptist as found in the later Gospels. For example, in the Gospel of Luke the announcement of God's reign starts only with Jesus and not 1 Cf. Hoffmann, Anmerkungen, 117. 2. See the discussion by Labahn, Gekommene, 187. 3 The following scholars do not reconstruct a title for نو Zeller, Logienquelle, 17; Fledder, mann, Q, 210; Hoffmann, Anmerkungen, 117 (»Nicht auszuschlieRen ist, dass Q mit dem Bericht vom Auftreten des Johannes begann [sc. und somit gar keine Uberschrift trug].«). 4 Labahn, Gekommene, 187. Narrative Cycle 1: The Main Actors: John and Jesus (Q 3:2b-7:35) 49 with and for Matthew John is but a mere precursor, as Matt 3:11 makes clear.° In contrast to these conceptions, for Q 7:26 John is »more than a For Q the turning point of the aeons has already arrived with John announcing his bap- tism (see below, III: © 7:18-35 and 16:16).” Accordingly, John and Jesus are both depict- ed as »Children of Wisdom« in Q7:31-35. Apart from Jesus, the Baptist is the only active character in Q introduced by name.* Nevertheless, after Narrative Cycle 1 John is not mentioned in Q, Here we can see Q's bridging function between the memory of the historical Jesus, who was a disciple of the Baptist (see below, III: Q 3:21-22), and the christological centrism of later gospels. Narrative Unit 1: The Message of John (Q 3:2b-17) The Introduction of John (Q 3:2b-3a) 2 | all the region of the Jordan (Gen 13:10-11).
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This makes it clear that the beginning with John the Baptist actually is a beginning with Jesus: the Baptist points to Jesus, the coming one!* The composition of Cycle 1 points to its centre: the programmatic address of Jesus. Nevertheless, Q lacks the denigrating depiction of the Baptist as found in the later Gospels. For example, in the Gospel of Luke the announcement of God's reign starts only with Jesus and not 1 Cf. Hoffmann, Anmerkungen, 117. 2. See the discussion by Labahn, Gekommene, 187. 3 The following scholars do not reconstruct a title for نو Zeller, Logienquelle, 17; Fledder, mann, Q, 210; Hoffmann, Anmerkungen, 117 (»Nicht auszuschlieRen ist, dass Q mit dem Bericht vom Auftreten des Johannes begann [sc. und somit gar keine Uberschrift trug].«). 4 Labahn, Gekommene, 187. Narrative Cycle 1: The Main Actors: John and Jesus (Q 3:2b-7:35) 49 with and for Matthew John is but a mere precursor, as Matt 3:11 makes clear.° In contrast to these conceptions, for Q 7:26 John is »more than a For Q the turning point of the aeons has already arrived with John announcing his bap- tism (see below, III: © 7:18-35 and 16:16).” Accordingly, John and Jesus are both depict- ed as »Children of Wisdom« in Q7:31-35. Apart from Jesus, the Baptist is the only active character in Q introduced by name.* Nevertheless, after Narrative Cycle 1 John is not mentioned in Q, Here we can see Q's bridging function between the memory of the historical Jesus, who was a disciple of the Baptist (see below, III: Q 3:21-22), and the christological centrism of later gospels. Narrative Unit 1: The Message of John (Q 3:2b-17) The Introduction of John (Q 3:2b-3a) 2 | all the region of the Jordan (Gen 13:10-11).