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Luke 3:16

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the thong of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water, but one mightier than I cometh, namely the Messias. The rest which Luke here adds has been explained on Matthew 3:11. Morally, Origen says, "Preachers are here warned not to allow themselves to be too much praised or honoured by the people, but to suppress these praises and honours, and refer them to Christ, lest by reason of their pride they be deprived of them by Christ."

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