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

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

When you hear for He is mightier than I, do not suppose this to be said by way of comparison, for I am not worthy to be numbered among his servants, that I might undertake the lowest office.

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A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 3:11-12

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