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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
John does not simply testify, but denies the very glory that everyone attributed to him. It is not the same thing to refuse honor when no one offers it, and to do so when everyone bestows it.
Oecumenius
John testifies, not simply, but bringing all glory upon him, he himself rejects it. For it is not equal for honor to be repelled from one who gives nothing and from many who grant it. [CHRYSOSTOM]
Western Saints
Bede
He said: "Whom you think me to be, I am not." In Greek it is more fully said: "I am not the Christ."
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