This they did, not to exert themselves and dare to believe but would rather offer a superficial admission that he was who he claimed to be. Some of them were foes with evil intentions wishing to trap him with a charge of blasphemy if he said explicitly that he was the Son of Man. Jesus does not reveal himself to the researchers in logical ways, rather he reveals himself to simple believers who respond to the Holy Spirit and who confess that the Son of Man is God’s Son, before they receive logical demonstration.
Hawakufanya hilo kwa ajili ya kujitoa wenyewe na kujaribu kuamini, mbali na hilo wangetoa tamko la kusadiki la juujuu, kama yeye angethibitisha kwamba, yeye ndiye yule aliyedai kuwa. Baadhi yao walikuwa ni maadui wenye makusudi maovu, wakitamani kumtega katika tamko la kukufuru, kama yeye angetamka wazi kabisa kwamba yeye ndiye Mwana wa Adamu. Yesu huwa hajifunui mwenyewe kwa wachunguzi wa njia ya kiakili tu, ila hujifunua mwenyewe kwao waaminio kwa moyo mweupe, wanaoitika kwa mvuto wa Roho Mtakatifu, na wanaokiri kwamba Mwana wa Adamu ndiye Mwana wa Mungu, hata kabla hawajapokea mathibitisho ya kiakili.