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


In Context

27 He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie."

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of 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 the one I meant when 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 gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain 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 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:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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