Luke 1:17

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III " Plainly does the commencement of the Gospel quote the words of the holy prophets, and point out Him at once, whom they confessed as God and Lord; Him, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who had also made promise to Him, that He would send His messenger before His face, who was John, crying in the wilderness, in "the spirit and power of Elias,"[118]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

who should prepare His way, that is, that he should bear witness of that Light in the spirit and power of Elias.[130]

Tertullian On Monogamy

-the one a monogamist, the other a voluntary celibate (for Elias was nothing else than John, who came "in the power and spirit of Elias"[73]

Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

It is a matter of course that His forerunners must appear first, as He says by Malachi and the angel,[103]

Methodius Oration on the Psalms

in order that by the miracle of these the hearts of the fathers might be turned to the children, and the disobedient unto the wisdom of the just.[13]

Methodius Oration on the Psalms

IV. O ye disobedient as regards the wisdom of the just,[35]

Methodius Oration on the Psalms

Redouble, therefore, your joy, that you have been made the fathers of such children who, under the teaching of God, have celebrated with their praises things unknown to their seniors. Turn your hearts to your children,[39]

Origen Commentary on John Book II " He, then, who objects to that rendering of our passage which appears to be the deeper may say that Isaiah was sent not to this world from another place, but after having seen "the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up," was sent to the people, to say, "Hearing, ye shall hear and shall not understand," and so on; and that in the same manner John, the beginning of his mission not being narrated, is sent after the analogy of the mission of Isaiah, to baptize,[92]

Origen Commentary on John Book VI

thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John." And a little further on:[38]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X

False, then, is the saying concerning Jesus, whether that recorded to have been the view of Herod, or that spoken by others. Only, the saying, "That John went before in the spirit and power of Elijah,"[148]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII

Upon Elisha, then, only the spirit of Elijah rested, but John came before,[29]