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.'"
— John 1:30, World English Bible
“This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.”
“This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me. ”
“This is the one about whom I said,‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’”
“This is he of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me.”
“This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.”
“This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.”
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."
These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'
I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."
John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'