Luke 1:76

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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.

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Bede

AD 735

Unless indeed Zacharias be supposed to have wished as soon as he was able to speak, to proclaim for their instruction who were present, the future gifts of his son, which he had long before learnt from the Angel. Let theArians however hear that our Lord Christ, whom John went before prophesying of Him, Zacharias calls “the Most High,” as it is said in the Psalms, A man was as born in her, and the most highest has established her.

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Cyril of Alexandria

AD 444

Observe, I pray, this also, that Christ is the Highest, Whose forerunner John was both in his birth, and in his preaching. What remains, then, for those to say, who lessen 3 His divinity? And why will they not understand, that when Zacharias said, "And thou shalt be called Prophet of the Highest," he meant thereby "of God," of Whom also were the rest of the prophets.

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Cyril of Alexandria

AD 444

Know that Christ is the Most High…. What do those who neglect his divinity have to say? And why will they not understand that when Zechariah said “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, he meant “of God,” of whom the rest of the prophets also belonged. .

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Gregory The Dialogist

AD 604

But all they who by preaching cleanse the hearts of their hearers from the filth of their sins, prepare a way for the coming of wisdom into the heart. But all they who by preaching cleanse the hearts of their hearers from the filth of their sins, prepare a way for the coming of wisdom into the heart.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

AD 202

Then he says to John: "And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare HiS ways; to give knowledge of salvation to His people, for the remission of their sins."

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

But as kings have their companions in arms, who stand nearest to them, so John, who was the friend of the Bridegroom, went before Him nighto His coming. And this is what follows, For you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways. For some prophets have preached the mystery of Christ at a distance, but he preached it nearer the time, that he might both see Christ, and declare Him to others.

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Peter of Alexandria

AD 311

Who, as ye know, when another infant in the sixth month

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

In this case also a type has preceded; for thus was John beforehand the Lord's forerunner, "preparing His ways.". remission; if it be true, (as it is, ) that repentance is antecedent, remission subsequent; and this is "preparing the way.". Except that he suffered a typical example of the Lord's passion, which was to redeem heathens as well (as others) on their repentance. It is enough for me that even John, when "strewing the Lord's ways"

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