Mark 1:7

7 And he preached, saying, There comes he that is mightier than I after me, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to stoop down and unloose.

Mark 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:7

And preached, saying, there cometh one mightier than I after
me
From whence it appears, that John was a preacher of Jesus Christ; of the dignity of his person, the excellency of his office, and the nature and importance of his work:

the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and
unloose;
expressing the great veneration he had for him, and the great sense he had of his own unworthiness, to be concerned in the lowest and meanest service of life for him; and that he was far from being worthy of the high honour done him, to be his messenger and forerunner; (See Gill on Matthew 3:11).

Mark 1:7 In-Context

5 And there went out to him all the district of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

6 And John was clothed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.

7 And he preached, saying, There comes he that is mightier than I after me, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to stoop down and unloose.

8 *I* indeed have baptised you with water, but *he* shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit.

9 And it came to pass in those days [that] Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptised by John at the Jordan.