Mark 1:7

Mark 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

Context of Mark 1:7

5Many people who lived in Jerusalem and in the country of Judea went to listen to John. The people told God about all the wrong things that they had done. Then John baptized them in the Jordan River. 6John wore clothes made from the hair of a camel. He also wore a belt made from leather. His usual food was locusts and honey from the wilderness. John said to the people, ‘Another person will come soon. He is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to undo his shoes for him. 8I have baptized you with water. But this man will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.’ 9Soon after this, Jesus came from the town of Nazareth in Galilee. John baptized him in the Jordan River.

Mark 1:7 word by word

καὶ ἐκήρυσσεν λέγων· ἔρχεται ὁ ἰσχυρότερός μου ὀπίσω μου, οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς κύψας λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• preachedκηρύσσωkērussō · to preachG2784
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• There comethἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• one mightier thanἰσχυρόςischuros · strongG2478
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• afterὀπίσωopisō · afterG3694
• the latchetὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the latchetἱμάςhimas · leather strapG2438
• of whoseὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• shoesὑπόδημαhupodēma · sandalG5266
• I amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• worthyἱκανόςhikanos · sufficientG2425
• toλύωluō · to looseG3089
• stoop downκύπτωkuptō · to stoop/bend downG2955
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Mark 1:7

• Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water. This shows that you want to change the way that you live. But another person will come soon. He is greater than I am. I am not good enough even to carry his shoes for him. This other person will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
• Luke 3:16John knew what they were thinking. He said to them, ‘I baptize you with water. But someone else is coming soon. He is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to undo his shoes for him. This other person will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
• Luke 7:6So Jesus went with them. When he was not very far away from the house, the officer sent some friends to talk to him. He told them to say to Jesus, ‘Sir, I do not want to be a trouble to you. I am not good enough for you to come into my house.
• John 1:27He is the one who comes after me. I am not good enough even to undo his shoes for him.’
• John 3:28You yourselves will remember that I said, “I am not the Messiah, but God sent me to prepare things for the Messiah.”
• Acts 13:25When John had almost finished his work, he said to the people, “Perhaps you think that I am the special man that God will send. I am not that man. But listen! That man will come soon. I am not good enough even to undo his shoes for him.” ’

Commentaries on Mark 1:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The latchet of whose shoes - The shoe of the ancients was properly only a sole tied round the foot and ankle with strings or thongs. See on Matthew 3:11; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-8Verses 4-8 See the notes at Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:5-6, Matthew 3:11.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7will come one: John knew he was preparing for the coming of the Messiah, but he did not yet know that Jesus was the Messiah (see Luke 7:18–23).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 1:7

• Humility
• Jesus Continued
• John
• Shoe

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• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Shoe; Shoe-Latchet
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Commentaries on Mark 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings