John 3:29
Douay-Rheims
He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom’s voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Augustine of Hippo
(Tr. xiii. c. 12) As if He said, She is not My spouse. But dost thou therefore not rejoice in the marriage? Yea, I rejoice, he saith, because I am the friend of the Bridegroom.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 3:27-30
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.