John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’
Text-Critical English NT
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
31I myself did not know him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.”
Cross References
John 1:15John testified about him and cried out, “This is he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks 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 →