Isaiah 40:3
Douay-Rheims
The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.
Augustine of Hippo
John [the Baptist] was filled with the Holy Spirit; and he had a baptism from heaven, not from human beings. But how long did he have it? He said, "Prepare the way for the Lord." But when the Lord was known, he himself became the way; there was no longer need for the baptism of John, by which the way was to be prepared for the Lord.
Source details
A.D. 430 · on Isa 40:3 (TRACTATES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 5:15.4)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.