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And think not to say within yourselves (kai mē doxēte legein en heautois). John touched the tender spot, their ecclesiastical pride. They felt that the “merits of the fathers,” especially of Abraham, were enough for all Israelites. At once John made clear that, reformer as he was, a breach existed between him and the religious leaders of the time.
Of these stones (ek tōn lithōn toutōn). “Pointing, as he spoke to the pebbles on the beach of the Jordan” (Vincent).