Matthew 3:11
Douay-Rheims
I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.
John Chrysostom (attributed)
Because then he baptized on account of Christ, therefore to them who came to him for baptism he preached that Christ should come, signifying the eminence of His power in the words, He who cometh after me is mightier than I.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 3:11-12
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.