Matthew 11:7
Douay-Rheims
And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?
John Chrysostom
He shews wherein it is that John is greater than the Prophets, namely, in that he is nigh unto Christ, as he says, I send before thy face, that is, near Thee, as those that walk next to the king’s chariot are more illustrious than others, so likewise is John because of his nearness to Christ.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 11:7-10
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.