He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
John 1:27 KJV
New International Version
He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
John 1:27 NIV
he it is that cometh after me whiche was before me whose sho latchet I am not worthy to vnlose.
John 1:27 TYN
- Canals Interrupted (haikimagazine.com)
Never underestimate the importance of a big ditch, especially if it links two oceans. Canals allow for the rapid and free flow of goods, keeping the global economy ticking. Any threat to a major shipping canal means economic and political turmoil. Look at the Suez Crisis of 1956: when Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, Israel, France, and Britain invaded, and the former Soviet Union threatened to bombard Europe with nuclear missiles if the invading forces did not withdraw.