Matthew 3:1
Douay-Rheims
And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.
Bede the Venerable
(Gloss. ord. in cap. iv. 1.) In like manner has He cried from the beginning through the voice of all who have spoken aught by inspiration. And yet is John only called, The voice; because that Word which others shewed afar off, he declares as nigh.
Source details
A.D. 735 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 3:1-3
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.