John 3:23
Douay-Rheims
And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim; because there was much water there; and they came and were baptized.
Augustine of Hippo
(Tr. xiii. c. 6) But why did John baptize? Because it was necessary that our Lord should be baptized. And why was it necessary that our Lord should be baptized? That no one might ever think himself at liberty to despise baptism.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 3:22-26
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.