Pondered too, it. We cannot speak for Jesus or for his motivations. We can study and read and pray and try to grasp some small piece of the mystery of it all - as people throughout the ages have done. And in the end we are left still, with the text, and hopefully our faith, and hunger for understanding, and wonder. In the Season of Epiphany we are in a season of wonder.
Wonder is the most amazing thing of all.
Too often, it seems , that we have lost the ability to wonder. I bet John the Baptist wondered what was going on as he baptized Jesus. Yet even in the midst of wonder, there is still plenty of room for faith. They are not contradictory. Just as John wondered why Jesus was doing this, he believed in the fulfillment of the promises God had made long ago - and was still making.