Mark 1:7

And he was preaching, [crying out as a maggid], + 1:7 for the Moshiach saying, Hu Habah (He who Comes) + 1:7 i.e. Moshiach after me has more chozek (strength) than me. I am not worthy to stoop down and remove his sandals.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Yochanan had camel hair clothing and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was arbe and devash. + 1:6 2Kgs 1:8; Lv 11:22

8I give you a tevilah in a mikveh mayim, but he + 1:8 Moshiach will give you a tevilah in the Ruach Hakodesh.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:14But Yochanan would have deterred him, saying, I have need to submit to your tevilah, + 3:14 T.N. i.e., Moshiachʼs tevilah and yet you come to me?

Luke 7:6And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach was starting out on his derech with them; and when he was already not far from the bais, the centurion sent beloved re'im (friends), saying to him, Adoni, do not trouble yourself further, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof;

John 3:28You yourselves stand as eidus (witness) to me, that I said I am not the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, but I have been sent gevorn forois before him (forerunner). + 3:28 Mal 3:1

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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