veni, vidi, vici

I came, I saw, I conquered Classical Wisdom

Julius Caesar after the Battle of Zela (47 BC). Three perfect-tense first-person singular verbs

In Scripture

et ego nesciebam eum, sed ut manifestetur in Israël, propterea veni ego in aqua baptizans.

And I knew him not: but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

Ioannes 1 · 31

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