“But we, who know the economy, adore His mercy, because He hath come to save and not to judge the world. Wherefore John, the forerunner of the Lord, who before knew not this mystery, on learning that He is Lord in truth, cried out, and spake to those who came to be baptized of him, "O generation of vipers," why look ye…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
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22Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
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20And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
— John 1:22 —
23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.