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John 1:27 KJV
John · chapter 1 · verse 27
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.John 1:27 · King James Version
John 1:27 in context
25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- preferredginomaito becomeG1096 →
- latchethimasa thong of leather, a strap, in the NT of the thongs with which captives or criminals…G2438 →
- comingerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- beforeemprosthenin front, before, beforeG1715 →
- shoe'shypodēmawhat is bound under, a sandal, a sole fastened to the foot with thongsG5266 →
- worthyaxiosweighing, having weight, having the weight of another thing of like value, worth as much…G514 →
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We have here the testimony of John, which he delivered to the messengers who were sent from Jerusalem to examine him. Observe here, I. Who they were that sent to him, and who they were that were sent. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-28