He said (εφη). Common imperfect active (or second aorist active) of φημ, to say, old defective verb.

I am the voice…

But he still gives the “No.” They think of his person and his work. He thinks of neither. His eye is fixed on the coming One. In this presence his …

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied no…

Origen of Alexandria: This is the second testimony of John the Baptist to Christ; the first began with, "This is He of whom I…

The reference to Isaiah uses the figure of preparing a road for the king through open and uneven territory so that he may travel over a smooth high…

The voice of him who crieth. Since he would have been accused of rashness for taking on the office of teaching if he had not received a co…

And he said, I am the voice of one crying in the
wilderness
These words are cited by …

John denies being the Christ, who was then expected and waited for. He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not the person of Elias. J…

1. Previously, the Evangelist showed how Christ was made known to the apostles through the testimony of John; here, he develops this testimo…