And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
Ver. 25. John fulfilled his course] From this word (δρομον) rendered "course," the dromedary hath his name, who is marvellously swift, and will run a hundred miles a day. But the Germans call a dull and slow man a dromedary, per antiphrasin. (Minshew.)