John 1:30

This is He about whom I said, `After me is to come One who has been put before me, because He was before me.'

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world!

31I did not yet know Him; but that He may be openly shown to Israel is the reason why I have come baptizing in water."

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Cross References

John 1:15John gave testimony concerning Him and cried aloud, saying, "This is He of whom I said, `He who is coming after me has been put before 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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