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

5People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. 6John wore a garment made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. He proclaimed, “One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals. 8I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” 9Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John 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 3:11“I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am – I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Luke 3:16John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am is coming – I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Luke 7:6So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.
• John 1:27who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!”
• John 3:28You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’
• Acts 13:25But while John was completing his mission, he said repeatedly, ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’

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

In the dictionaries

• Latchet
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• Dress
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• Jesus Christ
• John the Baptist
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Shoe; Shoe-Latchet
• Sandal

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