John 1:27

who is coming after me. I am not worthy ¹  to untie the strap ²  of his sandal!”

Mt 3:11; Mr 1:7; Lu 3:16; Joh 1:15,30; Ac 19:4

¹ tn Grk “of whom I am not worthy.”

sn The humility of John is evident in the statement I am not worthy. This was considered one of the least worthy tasks of a slave, and John did not consider himself worthy to do even that for the one to come, despite the fact he himself was a prophet.

² 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.