Codex Zacynthius 24v

So admirable and great was John that the crowds of the Jews went as far as to suggest
that, somehow, he might be the Christ himself, who had been described through
the shadow of the law and had been heralded beforehand by the holy prophets.
As soon as some people ventured this type of suggestion, he puts an end to the
conjecture giving way like a servant to the honours of his master. For the distance
between God and human is immeasurable.❧

For it is a peculiar property
of the unique substance
which transcends everything
to be able to send the
Holy Spirit into some,
and to reveal as participants
in the divine nature
those who draw near to it.
This exists not in taking
and sharing what is from
someone else, but as
personal and belonging in
substance to Christ, for “he
baptizes in the Holy Spirit.”
So, then, he is God and the
fruit of the substance of God
the Father, the incarnate
Word. But he accomplished
this even when he became

He said to them, ‘Do not extort
money from anyone by threats
or false accusations and you be
satisfied with your wages.’ As
the people were filled with
expectation and all were
questioning in their hearts
concerning John whether he might
be the Messiah, John answered
all them by saying, ‘I baptise
you with water; but one who is
more powerful than I is coming;

human, as he was the one Son with the flesh united to him in an ineffable and
incomprehensible manner. And so the blessed Baptist, after stating beforehand
that “I am not worthy to bend and untie the thong of his sandals” immediately
added, “This man will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Clearly he had feet
and sandals, for no-one if they had any sense would say he had feet and sandals while