σεν ταῦτα εἰς μαρτύριον. καὶ πάλιν λέγει: Is. 1. 10 Ἀκούσατε λόγον κυρίου, ἄρχοντες τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου. Is. 40, 3 καὶ πάλιν λέγει: Ἀκούσατε, τέκνα, φωνῆς βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. οὐκοῦν περιέτεμεν ἡμῶν τὰς ἀκοάς, ἵνα ἀκούσαντες λόγον πιστεύσωμεν ἡμεῖς. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ περιτομή, ἐφ̓ ᾗ πεποίθα…

Scripture, saying: "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness," etc. as related, Jn. 1:23 (cf. Is. 40:3 ). Moreover, the very austerity of his life was a commendation of his office, because, as Chrysostom says, commenting on Matthew (Hom. x in Matth.), "it was wonderful to w…

e; but those only would hear, who sought to his preaching from motives of divine worship. Jerome, in Isa 40 . 3: consider how the salvation of God, and the glory of the Lord, is preached not in Jerusalem, but in the solitude of the Church, in the wilderness to multitudes. Hilary:…