Patristic
“(Simeon) Now these things were spoken by our Lord after the departure of John’s disciples, for He would not utter the praises of the Baptist while they were present, lest His words should be counted as those of a flatterer.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 7:24-28
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗