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Augustine of Hippo, on John 1:19
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
John 1:19 · Douay-Rheims
“And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou?”
On this verse:
“(in Joan. Tr. iv. c. 4) For they knew that Elias was to preach Christ; the name of Christ not being unknown to any among the Jews; but they did not think that He our Lord was the Christ: and yet did not altogether imagine that there was no Christ about to come. In this way, while looking forward to the future, they mistook at the present.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.