I am the voice, &c. Or, I am a voice. The Synoptists use these words of the Baptist as fulfilling prophecy. From this verse it would seem as if they were first so used by himself. The quotation is almost exact from the LXX. John was a Voice making known the Word, meaningless without the Word. There is an almost certain reference to this passage (19 23) in Justin Martyr, Trypho, lxxxviii., which is evidence that this Gospel was known before a.d. 150.

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