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# He proclaimed

"John proclaimed"

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

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

# the strap of his sandals

At the time Jesus was on earth, 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`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"John proclaimed"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`John is comparing himself to a servant to show how great Jesus is. Alternate translation: "I am not even worthy to do the lowly task of removing his shoes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the strap of his sandals`

tN issue 2890 2018-09-07 15:46:01 +00:00			`At the time Jesus was on earth, people often wore sandals that were made of leather and were tied to their feet with leather straps.`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# stoop down`
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			`"bend down"`