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John 1:15

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1:15 John 1  testified 2  about him and shouted out, 3  “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, 4  because he existed before me.’”

John 1:27

Context
1:27 who is coming after me. I am not worthy 5  to untie the strap 6  of his sandal!”
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[1:15]  1 sn John refers to John the Baptist.

[1:15]  2 tn Or “bore witness.”

[1:15]  3 tn Grk “and shouted out saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant is English and has not been translated.

[1:15]  4 tn Or “has a higher rank than I.”

[1:27]  5 tn Grk “of whom I am not worthy.”

[1:27]  6 tn The term refers to the leather strap or thong used to bind a sandal. This is often viewed as a collective singular and translated as a plural, “the straps of his sandals,” but it may be more emphatic to retain the singular here.



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