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|And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A staff broken by the elements?

|And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed broken by the wind?

|When John's messengers left, Jesus taught the people about him, "What did you go into the desert to see?  A staff broken in the wind?

|When John's messengers left, Jesus taught the people about him, "What did you go into the desert to see?  A staff broken by the elements?

|Ἰωάννης, the name for John (both the Baptist and the Apostle), literally means "Jehovah is a gracious giver"; ἔρημος is often translated as "wilderness" but "desert" is the better fit today, both literally and figuratively.  "A staff broken in the wind?" needs work, but κάλαμος is better translated as a staff than as a reed; the meaning appears to be rhetorical, asking if they expected to find the broken remains of a man.

|Ἰωάννης, the name for John (both the Baptist and the Apostle), literally means "Jehovah is a gracious giver"; ἔρημος is often translated as "wilderness" but "desert" is the better fit today, both literally and figuratively.  "A staff broken in the wind?" needs work, but κάλαμος is better translated as a staff than as a reed; the meaning appears to be rhetorical, asking if they expected to find the broken remains of a man.

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