I have always been a bit uneasy with the interpretation that John was questioning his faith in Jesus. The way that seems to me to make more sense is that John sent those two disciples to Jesus because he has been saying for quite some time that his (John's) disciples should be going after Jesus. Could it be that that these two were still clinging to John instead? They weren't listening to John and he knew that they had to hear it right from Jesus. This was just another teaching opportunity (although "teaching opportunity" is not the best way to say this) for these two to leave John and move onto the real thing. I believe that John was well aware that his life was not going to be easy. His father was a priest so shouldn't John be a priest also working in the temple? Instead, he went away into the wilderness and lived a "rugged" life in the Spirit of Elijah.
I have always been a bit uneasy with the interpretation that John was questioning his faith in Jesus. The way that seems to me to make more sense is that John sent those two disciples to Jesus because he has been saying for quite some time that his (John's) disciples should be going after Jesus. Could it be that that these two were still clinging to John instead? They weren't listening to John and he knew that they had to hear it right from Jesus. This was just another teaching opportunity (although "teaching opportunity" is not the best way to say this) for these two to leave John and move onto the real thing. I believe that John was well aware that his life was not going to be easy. His father was a priest so shouldn't John be a priest also working in the temple? Instead, he went away into the wilderness and lived a "rugged" life in the Spirit of Elijah.