And Jesus answering said unto him, ‹Suffer› [it to be so] ‹now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.› Then he suffered him.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Jésus lui répondit: Laisse faire maintenant, car il est convenable que nous accomplissions ainsi tout ce qui est juste. Et Jean ne lui résista plus.
KJV
And Jesus answering said unto him, ‹Suffer› [it to be so] ‹now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.› Then he suffered him.
Ignatius of Antioch
Epistulae vii genuinae
A Theodoret omit qeou= and are follosed by Lightfoot. γεγεννημένον ἀληθῶς ἐκ παρθένου, βεβαπτισμένον Mt. 3, 15 ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου, ἵνα πληρωθῇ πᾶσα δικαιοσύνη ὑπ̓ αὐτοῦ: ἀληθῶς ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου καὶ Ἡρώδου τετράρχου καθηλωμένον ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐν σαρκί, ἀφ̓ οὖ καρποῦ ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ θεομακαρί…
Epiphanius
Panarion (Adversus Haereses)
ητος οὔτε ὑποβεβηκυίας τῆς ἑαυτῆς δόξης. καὶ ὁρᾷς πῶς ἡ τριὰς 2 vgl. Luk. 1, 76 – 5 Matth. 3, 14 – 6 Matth. 3, 15 – 8 – 11 Joh. 1, 32; Matth. 3, 16f – 11ff vgl. Ancoratus c. 81, 7; I 102, 6ff – 13 Matth. 3, 17 M U 3 τοῦ1 <Μ 8 [ὅτι] * 15 περιστερᾶς + τὸ πνεῦμα U 16 πνεῦμα + τὸ ἅγι…
Origen
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
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