30This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.


In Context

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

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

29 The next day John sees Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world.

30 This is he of whom I said, After me comes 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 bore record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it stayed on him.

John 1:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:30This is the one I meant when I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:30This is he, of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:30He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is become before me: for he was before me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:30This is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man who is preferred before me; for he was before me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:30This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:30this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me: