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.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
Fire is used here to express the purifying power of baptism, to con- sume the dross of- earthly attachments. On the day of Pentecost the Holy Ghost descended on the apostles, on whose heads were seen, as it were, tongues of fire. This event may be referred to by the Baptist.
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1863 · Matthew 3:11
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