Acts 19:4; John 1:15; John 1:30; Luke 3:16; Mark 1:7; Matthew 3:11
Whose shoe’s latchet - See the notes at Matthew 3:11 . The “latchet” of sandals was the string or thong by which they were fastened to the feet....
The Baptist's Witness about Himself. Instead of recounting the work and mission of the Baptist, as the other gospels, the writer selects incidents...
The Baptists Witness to Himself. The baptism of Jesus has apparently taken place. John points to Him as the greater one of whom he had spoken. His...
Whose shoe's latchet . the thong of whose sandal. latchet . a little lace, or thong. O. Fr, lacet, . lace; dim. of lags, from Latin. laqueus....
27. Who coming after me. Here he says two things; first, that Christ was behind him in the order of time; but, secondly, that he was far befo...
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. Is preferred before me - Ὁς εμπροσθεν μου γεγ...
John answered them, saying, &c.— "I baptize, to shew you the nature and necessity of repentance; but it is with water only, which cannot cl...
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. He it is, who coming after me, is pref...
The Divinity and Incarnation of the Word. Witness of John. The First Disciples 1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was...
Public testimony of the Baptist to Jesus in reply to a deputation from the Sanhedrin. The independence and fulness of the account of the Baptist in...
He it is... is preferred before me. — Insertions made to harmonise the verse with John 1:15 ; John 1:30 . Omitting them we have, “He who cometh a...
John 1:15-34 Chapter 3 THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY. “There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for witness, that he mig...
the Voice of Promise John 1:14-28 Note that the Revised Version changes the words was made to became, John 1:14 . Evidently Jesus had exis...
The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the...
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. (16)...
He it is who coming after me ,.... Both into the world, and into the ministry of the word; for John was before Christ, in both these respects, thoug...
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. Ver. 27. I am not worthy ] Yet Christ held...
They which were sent were of the Pharisees Who were peculiarly tenacious of old customs, and jealous of any innovations, (except those brought in b...
CHRIST THE LIVING WORD (vs.1-5) Revelation 19:13 , speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is called the Word of God." As such He had no be...
John's Testimony to Christ; John Examined by the Priests. 19 And this is the reco...
John the Baptist had before told them, He that cometh after me is preferred before me, See Poole on " 1 Thessalonians 1:15 " . He now repeateth th...
John the Baptiser's Testimony to Jesus and the Calling of Disciples ( John 1:19-51 ). The portrayal of John the Baptiser by the writer is in inter...
‘John answered them, saying, “I baptise with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, even He who comes after me, the clasp of whose sandal...
PART II. (A.) Chapter S John 1:19 to John 4:54 I. THE MANIFESTATION OF THE WORD AS LIGHT AMONG THOSE PREPARED TO RECEIVE HIM ( John 1:19-51 )...
John 1:19-39 The Ministry of John the Baptist. From the ministry of John the Baptist we may learn I. That when Jesus is about to visit a communi...
John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word, Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son of the eternal Father; he is real...
May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them as we read them! John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word. The divine Log...
John is the majestic Evangelist; he is the high-soaring eagle with the piercing eye. His is the Gospel of the Son of God. John 1:1-3 . In the begi...
John 1:15 . John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was be...
John 1:19-28 . And this in the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed and...
John 1:19-20 . And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And he confessed, a...
John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word. Εν αρχη ο λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of the old creation, and continues...
The record of John I. AN INSTRUCTIVE EXAMPLE OF TRUE HUMILITY. 1. John was an eminent saint of God ( Matthew 11:11 ; John 5:35 ),yet we...
They which were sent were of the Pharisees The question of the Pharisees 1. It is an evidence of a sick and corrupt Church when corrupt men a...
EXPOSITION THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that th...
The question concerning John's baptism:
He it is, who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.