Difference between revisions of "Mr 1:7"
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:[[Mr 1:7]] And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. | :[[Mr 1:7]] And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. | ||
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| − | + | John references the verses that follow [[Mal 3:1]] in describing the one who follows him. He doesn't quote the verses but restates their meaning: | |
| − | :::[[Mal 3:3]] And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. | + | |
| + | ==mightier than I== | ||
| + | :[[Mal 3:2]] But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: | ||
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| + | He is mightier: Who can live through the day of his coming? | ||
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| + | He is mightier: Who can stand in his presence? "Every knee will bow.." <ref>[[Php 2:10]] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;</ref> | ||
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| + | He is mightier: He will clean the essence and the outside. <ref>[[Isa 1:18]] Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.</ref> | ||
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| + | :[[Mal 3:3]] And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. | ||
Revision as of 08:34, 28 July 2018
- Mr 1:7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
John references the verses that follow Mal 3:1 in describing the one who follows him. He doesn't quote the verses but restates their meaning:
mightier than I
- Mal 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
He is mightier: Who can live through the day of his coming?
He is mightier: Who can stand in his presence? "Every knee will bow.." [1]
He is mightier: He will clean the essence and the outside. [2]
- Mal 3:3 And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
