[count-your-change]

“Please elucidate which traditions they relied on so heavily that they could not recognize the Messiah. This has been claimed a couple of times in this thread and yet, no one has named those traditions.”

One is reflected in the questions put to John the baptizer by some of the Levites and priests. (John 1:19-26)

They wanted to know if John was The Prophet foretold in the Torah or perhaps the Christ or Elijah.

Elijah was looked for to come in the flesh ahead of the Messiah, so no Elijah, No messiah yet. And where was The Prophet?

John chapter 7 relates some of the other traditions current.

[Jvette]

Thank you also for your input.

It is my understanding that we were discussing traditions that were extra Biblical.

I will have to reread John 7 later and get back to you on that. Work today:(