John 1:15

John bore witness concerning him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after me, is before me: because before me he was.

Thomas Haweis 1795 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 incarnate, and tabernacled with us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

16And from his plenitude we all have received, even grace corresponding with his grace.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:13Then came Jesus from Galilee unto Jordan to John, that he might be baptized by him.

Luke 3:16John addressed himself to them all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie: he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost and with fire;

John 1:7He came for a witness, that he might bear testimony concerning the Light, that all men through him might believe.

John 1:29The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh 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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