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John 1:30

Jesus Christ

28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

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.

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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
KJV
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
WEB
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’
ASV
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
DARBY
He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he *was* before me;
BLB
This is [the One] concerning whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who has precedence over me, because He was before me.’
ÅB
Det er ham om hvem jeg sa: Etter meg kommer en mann som er kommet foran meg, fordi han var før meg.
OTB
Dette er han jeg siktet til da jeg sa, ‘Etter meg kommer en mann som overgår meg, fordi han eksisterte før meg.’
B1930
Det er ham om hvem jeg sa: Efter mig kommer en mann som er kommet foran mig, fordi han var før mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 1:27

    He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

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  • John 1:15

    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.

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  • Luke 3:16

    John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

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