Self-Made Suspense

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So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” (John 10:24 NRSVCE)

They only wanted to know. All he had to do was tell them, stop speaking in riddles and metaphors and parables.  Was he or wasn’t he the  Messiah?

He told them again, clearly and quite bluntly, tha...