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 latchet of whose shoes - The shoe of the ancients was properly only a sole tied round the foot and ankle with strings or thongs. See on Mat 3:11 (note).

We may observe here,

I. What the New Testament is - the divine testament, to which we adhere above all that is human; the new testament, which we advance above that which was old. It is the gospel of…

cometh present tense. With prophetic foresight the Baptist sees Him already come and in the midst.

latchet diminutive of latch, like the Fr. lacetdim. of lace, comes from the Latin laqueus= a "noose,"…