And as John was closing his career he said, 'What do you take me for? I am not He; no, he is coming after me, and I am not fit to untie the sandals on his feet!'

How I lived from my youth up among my own nation and at Jerusalem, all that early career of mine, is known to all the Jews.

to the one a deadly fragrance that makes for death, to the other a vital fragrance that makes for life. And who is qualified for this career?

You know the story of my past career in Judaism; you know how furiously I persecuted the church of God and harried it,

Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the word of God to you; look back upon the close of their career, and copy their faith.