Mark 1:7

and he preached, saying: There comes after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

In Context

6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a girdle of leather around his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey:

8I immerse you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:14But John forbade him, saying: I have need to be immersed by thee, and comest thou to me?

Luke 7:6And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, and said to him: Lord, give thyself no trouble; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof.

John 3:28You yourselves will testify for me, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

Matthew Henry on Mark 1:2-9

Mark We have heard the evidence given in by the first witness to the doctrine and miracles of our Lord Jesus; and now here is another witness produced, who calls for our attention. The second living creature saith, Come, and see, Rev. vi. 3 . Now let us enquire a little, I. Concerning this witness. His name is Mark. Marcus was a Roman name, and a very common one, and yet we have no reason to think, but that he was by birth a Jew; but as Saul, when he went among the nations, took the Roman name of Paul, so he of… Read the whole commentary →

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