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?
Gregory the Great
(Hom. vii. c. 1) These words gave rise to a very different question. In another place, our Lord, when asked by His disciples concerning the coming of Elias, replied, If ye will receive it, this is Elias. (Mat. 11:14) But John says, I am not Elias. How is he then a preacher of the truth, if he agrees not with what that very Truth declares?
Source details
A.D. 604 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:19-23
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.