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John 1:30

World English Bible

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

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John 1:30 in other translations

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

John 1:30 · American Standard Version

John 1:30 in context

  1. 28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
  2. 29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
  3. 30This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’
  4. 31I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”
  5. 32John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.