Luke 3:16

the John responds to{emphatically-all}, saying, "I, on-one-hand, am-immersing you to{water}; on-the-other-hand, the stronger of{me} is-being-come, of{whom} I-am_not_being sufficient to-loose the strap of{the footwear} of{same}. Same will-immerse you in to{Holy Spirit} and to{fire},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

In Context

15Moreover, of{the people esteeming-toward/anticipating} and of{all being-dialog-ized} in to{the hearts} of{same} about of{the John} not-whereby same might-be-being the Anointed,

17of{whom} the winnowing-fork in to{the hand} of{same} also will-purge/cleanse-through the threshing-floor of{same} and will-gather the grain into the storehouse of{same}; moreover, he-will-burn-down the chaff to{unquenchable fire}."

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Cross References

Mark 1:7and he-has-been-proclaiming, saying, "The stronger of{me} is-being-come behind of{me}, of{whom} I-am_not_being sufficient, stoop[ing] to-loose the strap of{the footwear} of{same}.

John 1:33and-I had_not_beheld same; contrariwise, the dispatch[ing] me to-be-immersing in to{water}, the-there says to{me}, 'Upon whom supposing you-may-behold the spirit descending and staying upon same, the-same is-being the immersing in to{[the] Holy Spirit},'

Matthew Henry on Luke 3:16-21

Imprisonment of John the Baptist. 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire… Read the whole commentary →

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