"the voice in the presence of the Word"

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ἡ φωνὴ τῷ Λόγῳ

the voice by the Word

     "The Baptist protests; Jesus insists. Then John says: I ought to be baptized by you. He is the lamp in the presence of the Sun, the voice in the presence of the Word, the friend in the presence of the Bridegroom, the greatest of all born of woman in the presence of the Firstborn of all creation, the one who leapt in his mother’s womb in the presence of him who was adored in the womb, the forerunner and future forerunner in the presence of him who has already come and is to come again."

Οὐ δέχεται ὁ Βαπτιστής, ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀγωνίζεται· « Ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ Βαπτισθῆναι », ὁ λύχνος τῷ Ἡηλίῳ φησὶν, ἡ φωνὴ τῷ Λόγῳ, ὁ φίλος τῷ Νυμφίῳ, ὁ ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν ὑπὲρ ἅπαντας τῷ Πρωτοτόκῳ πάσης κτίσεως, ὁ προσκιρτήσας ἀπὸ γαστρὸς, τῷ ἐν γαστρὶ προσκυνηθέντι, ὁ προδραμὼν καὶ προδραμούμενος, τῷ φανέντι καὶ φανησομένῳ.

. . . I ought to be baptized by [(ὑπὸ)] you, the lamp by the [(τῷ)] Sun, the voice by the [(τῷ)] Word, . . .

     St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oratio 39.15 Εἰς τὰ Φῶτα (in Sancta Lumina), as translated in the Office of readings for the Baptism of the Lord, Liturgy of the hours.  Greek from SC 358, 182 ll. 5-12 =PG 36, col. 352C.