John 1:30

This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me arrives a man, who has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’

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In The King James Version

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

In Context

29On the next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and so he said: “Behold, the Lamb of God. Behold, he who takes away the sin of the world.

31And I did not know him. Yet it is for this reason that I come baptizing with water: so that he may be made manifest in Israel.”

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Cross References

John 1:15John offers testimony about him, and he cries out, saying: “This is the one about whom I said: ‘He who is to come after me, has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’”

Matthew Henry on John 1:30-37

John's Testimony to Christ. 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. 31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent… Read the whole commentary →

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