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Mk 1:7 ... And he-was-preaching saying, ... "Comes the-one stronger than-me, after me, of-whom not am-I worthy, stooping, to untie the strap of-the sandals of-him. "

Verse 7 has 6 phrases containing these 3 narrator and 17 dialog words ... kai ekērussen legōn, erchetai (1021) o (70) ischuroteros (2055) mou (510), opisō (1160) mou (510) ou (470) ouk (490) eimi (65) ikanos (351) kupsas (1321) lusai (641) tōn (420) imanta (402) ton (1150) upodēmatōn (1753) autou (1171) = 13,560 [(And he preached saying, "Comes the one stronger than me, after me, of whom not am I worthy, stooping, to untie the strap of the sandals of him")].

Diagram 1: The 20 words are bottom up from the mouth of John the Baptist (2220) that fill a hexagon with the face of Jesus (888) in the center. The 20 words are bottom up tangent to the face of John and the inside border of the hexagon then top down tangent to the face of Jesus. From the context of verse 6, John is the speaker. He says the un-named Jesus is "stronger" than himself. The gospel of John interprets that as "Jesus existed before me" (John 1:30).

Diagram 2: The gematria value of verse 7 forms two signs. The first sign is four red diagonals tangent to the raised Jesus 8880 circle that converges on to the body of Jesus (888) holding on strongly with his hands to the red diagonals. The next sign is a cross tangent to the square holding the raised Jesus circle (8880) that converges down to the corners of a square holding a circle with a circumference equal to the gematria value of John the Baptist (2220). The combined length of these twelve red lines is 13,560 units, the same gematria value as the 17 dialog words of this verse. The diagram shows John stooping down with his feet on the sides of the green equilateral triangle with his hands holding the tips of the sandals of which the thongs he said he was not worthy to untie. The imagery and number value of the words matches the geometry of the two diagrams.