1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Mark 1:7 | *There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. Matthew 3:11.; Luke 3:16.; John 1:27. | One mightier than 1:The precursor [St. John the Baptist] does not yet openly declare our Lord to be the Son of God, but only one mightier than himself. The Jews were not prepared to receive his coming; he therefore wisely led them by degrees to the knowledge of what divine Providence had designed them; he yet secretly assures them that he is the Son of God. I have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. Now it is evident that none but God can bestow upon man the grace of the Holy Ghost. (Ven. Bede) |