He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
That they may not reply, What if he did speak and we received him not, He shows that they did receive John's sayings: since they sent not common men, but priests and Pharisees and were willing to rejoice; so much did they admire the man, and at the same time had nothing to say against his words. But the for a season, is the expression of one noting their levity, and the fact that they soon started away from him.
