And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
And rightly is the time noted during which the prophet was in the womb, in order that the presence of Mary might not be passed over, while they are silent about the time of his childhood, because being strengthened in the womb by the presence of the Mother of the Lord, he knew not the struggles of childhood.
