Anf-01 ix.iv.xi Pg 16
Luke i. 76.
For this is the knowledge of salvation which was wanting to them, that of the Son of God, which John made known, saying, “Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a man who was made before me;3408 3408 Harvey observes that the Syriac, agreeing with the Latin here, expresses priority in point of time; but our translation, without reason, makes it the precedence of honour, viz., was preferred before me. The Greek is, πρῶτός μου.
because He was prior to me: and of His fulness have all we received.”3409 3409
Anf-03 vi.iii.vi Pg 4
Luke i. 76.
Thus, too, does the angel, the witness8586 8586
Anf-03 vi.iii.x Pg 19
Luke i. 76.
But he who “prepares” does not himself “perfect,” but procures for another to perfect. John himself professes that the celestial things are not his, but Christ’s, by saying, “He who is from the earth speaketh concerning the earth; He who comes from the realms above is above all;”8652 8652
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 1
VERSE (76) - Lu 7:28 Mt 14:5; 21:26 Mr 11:32
