Luke 3:16
John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
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ASV
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
KJV
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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Commentary
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33 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀπεκρίνατο | apekrinato | Answered | G611 → |
| λέγων | legōn | saying | G3004 → |
| πᾶσιν | pasin | [to] all | G3956 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| Ἰωάννης· | Iōannēs | John: | G2491 → |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I myself | G1473 → |
| μὲν | men | indeed | G3303 → |
| ὕδατι | hudati | with water | G5204 → |
| βαπτίζω | baptizō | baptize | G907 → |
| ὑμᾶς· | humas | you; | G4771 → |
| ἔρχεται | erchetai | comes | G2064 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| ὁ | ho | the [One] | G3588 → |
| ἰσχυρότερός | ischuroteros | mightier | G2478 → |
| μου, | mou | than I, | G3165 → |
| οὗ | hou | of whom | G3739 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| εἰμὶ | eimi | I am | G1510 → |
| ἱκανὸς | hikanos | worthy | G2425 → |
| λῦσαι | lusai | to untie | G3089 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| ἱμάντα | himanta | strap | G2438 → |
| τῶν | tōn | of the | G3588 → |
| ὑποδημάτων | hupodēmatōn | sandals | G5266 → |
| αὐτοῦ. | autou | of Him. | G846 → |
| αὐτὸς | autos | He himself | G846 → |
| ὑμᾶς | humas | you | G4771 → |
| βαπτίσει | baptisei | will baptize | G907 → |
| ἐν | en | with | G1722 → |
| πνεύματι | pneumati | [the] Spirit | G4151 → |
| ἁγίῳ | hagiō | Holy | G40 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| πυρί, | puri | with fire, | G4442 → |
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