Binding his foal unto the vine, and his donkey's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
Here Christ has mystically indicated his baptism. After he had come up from the Jordan and had purified its waters (by plunging in them), he received the grace and the gift of the Holy Spirit. … And since by hanging on the cross he was like a bunch of ripe grapes, after his side was pierced he emitted blood and water: the former for the bath (baptism), the latter for the ransom (redemption), the prophet [Jacob] rightly said, “He shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of ripe grapes.”
