And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Or, l'enfant croissait, et se fortifiait en esprit. Et il demeura dans les déserts, jusqu'au jour où il se présenta devant Israël.
KJV
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Demonstratio Evangelica
ου βίον τοιαῦτα αὐτὸν βλασφημεῖν, ὡς ἔμπαλιν τοὺς συνῃσθημένους τῆς κατ’ αὐτὸν ἀρετῆς ἄγγελον ὑπο- 6 Luc. 1, 80. 7 Matth. .3, 4. 20 Marc. 1, 2. 24 Luc. ἡ 33. λαμβάνειν. ταῦτα γοῦν ἡγοῦμαι τοῖς τὸν Ἰωάννην ὁρῶσι θαῦμα περὶ αὐτοῦ παρασχεῖν· διὸ καὶ συνέ- τρεχον πανταχόθεν ἐπὶ τὴν…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ir parents, be received into religion to be educated there: thus it is related of John the Baptist ( Lk. 1:80 ) that "the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, and was in the deserts." Hence, as Gregory states (Dial. ii, 3), "the Roman nobles began to give their sons to the…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 101 (Migne)
lista de illo: Puer autem crescebat et confortabatur plenus sapientia, et gratia Dei erat in illo (Luc. I, 80) . Et iterum: Vidimus gloriam ejus, [Col. 1323B] quasi gloriam Unigeniti a Patre plenum gratia et veritate (Joan. I, 14) . III. De qua adoptione carnis beatus Ambr…
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