The latchet was the thong by which the sandal was bound on the foot. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament Commentary Vol. III: John] Reference
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe - latchet. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1] Reference
The Clerk arose, crossed to the doorway, and undid the latchet. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
France by an effete tyrant not worthy to unlace his shoe latchet. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
I will unloose thy shoes 'latchet and Lazarus will bring thee drink. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
There cometh one after me whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to unloose. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
The latchet of sandals was the string or thong by which they were fastened to the feet. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
She is not for meddling with any thing that is theirs, from a thread even to a shoe-latchet. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
Wherefore I will not take of them from a thread to a shoe-latchet, lest they should say, We have made Abraham rich. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 50: John The Challoner Revision] Reference
That from the very woof thread unto the shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that are thine, lest thou say: I have enriched. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
It was a trying time, but she safely passed through it, and quickly found herself at the little latchet gate below the bowling green. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 48: Mark The Challoner Revision] Reference
That from the very woofthread unto the shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that are thine, lest thou say: I have enriched Abram. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision] Reference
Baptist was so humble that he said of himself that he was not worthy to stoop down and unloose the latchet of our Saviour's shoe; and yet. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young] Reference
There stands one in the midst of you, whom ye know not; (27) he who comes after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
Blessed be life and earth and sky, blessed be my enemies; in this hour I will be gracious to my bitterest enemy, and bind the latchet of his shoe. From Wordnik.com. [Pan] Reference
In Luke it is to unloose the latchet of his shoes: which comes to the same thing: both sound to the same import, as if he had said, 'Whose servant I am not worthy to be.'. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
The idolon exhibisces the seals of his orders: the starre of the Son of Heaven, the girtel of Izodella the Calot-tica, the cross of Michelides Apaleogos, the latchet of Jan of. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
Guesses at futurities were made from the falling of a crumb of bread out of one's mouth or a staff from a man's hand, from a person sneezing, or the breaking of a shoe-latchet. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
Judea, to tell of One mightier than he, "whose shoe-latchet" he was. From Wordnik.com. [The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young] Reference
"One mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose". From Wordnik.com. [Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern] Reference
As he undid the first boot-latchet, he felt the Mistress's tense fingers on his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference
Thus they commemorate that their ancestor refused to take so much as a thread or a latchet. From Wordnik.com. [The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1] Reference
"There standeth One among you whom ye know not, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.". From Wordnik.com. [Child's Story of the Bible] Reference
And because he would not touch a shoe-latchet of the spoils, his descendants cast their shoe upon. From Wordnik.com. [The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1] Reference
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Now, though the best of men is unworthy to loose the latchet of His shoe, yet the servant must be as his. From Wordnik.com. [Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood] Reference
From her shoe-latchet to her topmost hair-pin she was unalterably the same as she had been in days gone by. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Horse] Reference
John said he was not worthy to unloose the shoe-latchet of his friend, so great, so kingly, so worthy was that friend. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Friendships of Jesus] Reference
Again, when he had painted a picture, and exposed it to public view, a cobbler pointed out a defect in the shoe-latchet. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture] Reference
His body was covered with cuts and scratches; his guilt was discovered, and the dowry returned to the last shoe-latchet. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Delight and Other Papers] Reference
Because I am subduing myself to permanent consciousness of my unworthiness to unloose the latchet of Dr. Barritz's shoe. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians] Reference
Under these circumstances, they say that he was censured by a shoemaker for having represented the shoes with one latchet too few. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature] Reference
Ibsen may not untie a shoe-latchet in the interest of truth, while English burlesque managers may put an army of girls into tights. From Wordnik.com. [Without Prejudice] Reference
And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
In the midst of you standeth One whom ye know not, even He that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose. From Wordnik.com. [John the Baptist] Reference
On the day of atonement, food, and drink, and washing, and anointing, and the sandal latchet, (242) and marriage duties, are restricted. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Literature] Reference
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