John 3:27 Douay-Rheims

John answered, and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven.

Augustine of Hippo

A.D. 354–430 Patristic

(Tr. xiii. c. 9) Or perhaps John is speaking here of himself: I am a mere man, and have received all from heaven, and therefore think not that, because it has been given me to be somewhat, I am so foolish as to speak against the truth.

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A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 3:27-30

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