Patristic A.D. 253
“And that he might point out the kind of teaching, the disciple proceeds, as John also taught his disciples. Of whom in truth thou hast told us, that among them that are born of women there had arisen none greater than he. And because thou hast commanded us to seek things that are great and eternal, whence shall we arrive at the knowledge of these but from Thee, our God and Saviour?”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 11:1-4
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗