That day
Tuesday, 1 August 2006
The verse
“The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.”Zephaniah 3:17 · WEB
From the tradition
“For we may venture to say that the Gospel is the first fruits of all the Scriptures.”
Origen of Alexandria · Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book I, §4
In the words of a public-domain translation (tr. Allan Menzies, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 9, ed. Allan Menzies (1896)), checked against the source edition.