1. I am sent before Him (St. John iii. 28).
2. I am the voice (chap. i. 23).
3. I baptize with water (verses 26, 31).
4. I am not worthy (verse 27).
5. I am come that He may be made manifest (verse 31).
6. I ought to be baptized by Thee (St. Matt. iii. 14).
7. I knew him not. (St. John i. 31).
8. I saw the Spirit coming down ... and He remained upon Him (verse 32).
9. I saw (verse 34); (that is, I understood).
10. I gave testimony that this is the Son of God. (ibid.)
11. I am not the Christ (verse 20).
12. I must decrease (chap. iii. 30).
Colloquy with St. John the Baptist.
Resolution. To bear my testimony.
Spiritual Bouquet. "Behold the Lamb of God!"
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. (4)
His Martyrdom.
"Herod the Tetrarch, when he was reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, he added this also above all, and shut up John in prison."
(St. Luke iii. 19, 20).
1st. Prelude. John the Baptist in Prison.