As it is written (ως γεγραπτα). The regular formula for quotation, perfect passive indicative of γραφω.

Isaiah the …

The comparatively slight variation here is one that could easily have arisen during the process of transcription from an Aramaic document into Gree…

Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his…

St. Ambrose of Milan: The Word came, and the voice followed. For the Word first works inward, then the office of the voice fo…

Luke found a clear prophecy of the ministry of John the Baptist in Isa 40:3. He includes more of the quotation than Matthew and Mark do. First he c…

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet (Isaiah 40:3)

The scope and design of John's ministry were to bring the people from their sins and to their Savior. He came preaching, not a sect or party, but a…