Luke 3:3
Douay-Rheims
And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins;
Origen
Jordan is the same as descending, for there descends from God a river of healing water. But what parts would John be traversing but the country lying about Jordan, that the penitent sinner might soon arrive at the flowing stream, humbling himself to receive the baptism of repentance. For it is added, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Source details
A.D. 253 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 3:3-6
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.