John 1:30
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
In context
28 All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
30 This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
31 I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
John 1:30 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
- KJV 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.
- WEB 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.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:
- DBY Darby Translation
- He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;
- WBS Webster Bible
- This is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man who is preferred before me; for he was before me.