John 1:30

This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’

World Messianic Bible British

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

29The next day, he saw Yeshua coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

31I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came immersing in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”

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Cross References

John 1:15Yochanan testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was 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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