John 1:27

John 1:27

25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26 John answered them, saying, ^a“I baptize with water, ^bbut there stands One among you whom you do not know.

27 ^aIt is He who, coming after me,¹ is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

28 These things were done ^ain Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

The Lamb of God

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! ^aThe Lamb of God ^bwho takes away the sin of the world!

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Coming after me (opisw mou erxomenov). No article (o) in Aleph B. John as the forerunner of the Messiah has preceded him in time, but not in rank as he instantly adds.

The latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose (ou ouk eimi aciov ina lusw autou ton imanta tou upodhmatov). Literally, "of whom I am not worthy that I unloose the latchet (see Mark 1:7 for imav) of his sandal (see Matthew 3:11 for upodhma, bound under the foot)." Only use of aciov with ina in John, though used by Paul in this saying of the Baptist (Acts 13:25), ikanov ina in Matthew 3:8, but ikanov lusai (aorist active infinitive instead of lusw, aorist active subjunctive) in Mark 1:7 (Luke 3:16) and bastasai in Matthew 3:11.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 1:27:**

John 1:15
John 3:2
John 5:33
Acts 13:25
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