John 1:15

John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

In Context

14And the WORD became flesh, and tabernacled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and of truth.

16And from his fullness have we all received, even grace for grace;

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Cross References

Matthew 3:13Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be immersed by him.

Luke 3:16John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in water; but there comes One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

John 1:7This man came as a witness, to testify of the Light, that all through him might believe.

John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.

Matthew Henry on John 1:7-15

The Testimony of John Baptist; Christ's Incarnation. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as… Read the whole commentary →

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