This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
p Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 1. sect. 5. q Maimon. Hilch. Sanhedrin, c. 2. sect. 1, 2. r Misna Maaser Sheni, c. 5. sect. 2. Juchasin, fol. 65. 2. Jarchi in Isa. xxiv. 16. s De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 4.