And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest: for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
Now perhaps some may think it an absurd extravagance of the mind to address a child of eight day sold. But if we keep our eyes fixed upon higher things, we surely can understand that the son might hear the voice of his father, who before he was born heard the salutation of Mary. The Prophet knew that there were certain organs of healing in a Prophet which were unclosed bythe Spirit of God, not by the growth of the body. He possessed the faculty of understanding who was moved by the feeling of exultation.
