Patristic A.D. 407
“Having first delivered the Prophet’s testimony in praise of John, He rested not there, but added His own decision respecting him, saying, Among them that are born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 11:11-15
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗