Mark 1:7 meaning and explanation

And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

Mark 1:7, Berean Standard Bible

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John the Baptist is speaking to the crowds gathered at the Jordan River, and he turns their attention away from himself toward the one who will follow. In that culture, untying a master's sandals was the work of the lowest servant, so John says he is not even fit for that task.

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