Luke 1:76 (WEB)
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
Catechism · 1
“"Prophet of the Most High", John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last.” — Catechism footnote: Lk 1:76; cf. 7:26; Mt 11:13.
Fathers and councils · 17
Irenaeus of Lyons
“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.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 76.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Filled with this Holy Spirit, Zacharias also, the father of John, prophesied, telling how many good things the Only-begotten should procure, and that John should be His harbinger through baptism.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 76.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And in the Gospel you may read: “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.”” — editor's note: S. Luke i. 76.
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Augustine of Hippo
Chapter V.—A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke’s Procedure is Proved to Be in Harmony with Matthew’s in Those Matters Concerning the Conception and the Infancy or Boyhood of Christ, Which are Omitted by the One…
Read the whole comment“…aged Simeon, who believed on Him when an infant; of Anna the prophetess; of Zachariah and Elisabeth, who prophesied of Him before He was born of the Virgin; of their son John, His forerunner, the friend of the Bridegroom, who both recognized Him in the Holy Spirit, and preached Him in His absence, and pointed Him…” — editor's note: Luke i. 41–45, 67–79.
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John Chrysostom
“That hence also thou mightest learn His dignity; namely, that as the Fathers, so He too hath prophets; to which purpose Zacharias also spake; “And thou, child, shalt be called a prophet of the Highest.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 76.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“First; that we might hence learn Christ’s dignity, that He also, as the Father has, has prophets, in the words of Zacharias, “And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest.” [Luke 1:76]” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“In this case also a type has preceded; for thus was John beforehand the Lord’s forerunner, “preparing His ways.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 76.
Read the whole comment“…was made with reference to future remission; if it be true, (as it is,) that repentance is antecedent, remission subsequent; and this is “preparing the way.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 76.
Read the whole comment“It is enough for me that even John, when “strewing the Lord’s ways,” was the herald of repentance no less to such as were on military service and to publicans, than to the sons of Abraham.” — editor's note: See Luke i. 76.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Who was the forerunner of Jesus?” — editor's note: S. Luke i. 76.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
In prophesying of the Lord he rightly addresses the prophet, shewing that prophecy also is a gift of the Lord, in order that he might not, while enumerating public benefits, seem to be so ungrateful as to be silent…
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The reason I suppose that Zacharias hastened to speak to his son, was because he knew that John was shortly about to be a sojourner in the wilderness, and that he himself should see him no more.
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Now perhaps some may think it an absurd extravagance of the mind to address a child of eight days old. But if we keep our eyes fixed upon higher things, we surely can understand that the son might hear the voice of…
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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…
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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 nigh unto His coming. And this is what follows, For thou shalt go before the face…
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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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Cross-references · 21
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 10.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 3:1–3 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 3:1–3 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.
Cited together in Gregory the Great on Luke 1:76 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 1:76 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 3:1–3 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 3:1–3 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.