They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
      [2.] He gives in his answer in very humble, modest, self-denying expressions. He chooses to apply that scripture to himself which denotes not his dignity, but his duty and dependence, which bespeaks him little: I am the voice, as if he were vox et præterea nihil--mere voice.