Matthew 3:1
Douay-Rheims
And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.
Maximus of Turin
(Hom. in Joan. Bap. nat. 1.) Where neither a noisy mob would interrupt his preaching, and whither no unbelieving hearer would retire; but those only would hear, who sought to his preaching from motives of divine worship.
Source details
A.D. 420 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 3:1-3
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.