SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #84
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized by him.
But John stayed him, saying: "I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?" (Matt. 3:13-14)
HUMILITY: St. John showed his humility by the words: "I ought to be baptized by Thee, and comest Thou to me?"
But John stayed him, saying: "I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?" (Matt. 3:13-14)
HUMILITY: St. John showed his humility by the words: "I ought to be baptized by Thee, and comest Thou to me?"
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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