King James Version
John 1:27 in the King James Version says “He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.” — study this verse from John chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”
John 1:27 · KJV
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. taketh away: or, beareth
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“He”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“after”
G3694to the back, i.e., aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun)
“coming”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“is preferred”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“He”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“latchet”
G2438a strap, i.e., (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge)
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