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# He proclaimed

"John proclaimed"

# the strap of his sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie

John was comparing himself to a servant to show how great the one to come would be. Alternate translation: "I am not even worthy to do the lowly task of removing his shoes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# the strap of his sandals

People often wore sandals that were made of leather and were tied to their feet with leather straps.

# stoop down

"bend down"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# He proclaimed`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"John proclaimed"`
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Dealing with mismatches produced by ULB revisions. 2017-09-05 21:49:40 +00:00			`# the strap of his sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`John was comparing himself to a servant to show how great the one to come would be. Alternate translation: "I am not even worthy to do the lowly task of removing his shoes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
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Update 'mrk/01/07.md' 2019-02-07 16:06:14 +00:00			`People often wore sandals that were made of leather and were tied to their feet with leather straps.`
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			`# stoop down`
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			`"bend down"`