Tertullian An Answer to the Jews while the light from on high would beam upon us who were sitting in darkness, and were being detained in the shadow of death.[88] Tertullian On Fasting By and by the Lord Himself consecrated His own baptism (and, in His own, that of all) by fasts;[59] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI and that, because of their being suspected of plotting against Him, it is said, "He withdrew," is manifest from the passage, "And when He heard that John was delivered up He withdrew into Galilee."[154]