John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
John 1:30 in other translations
| BSB | This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’ |
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| 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. |
| YLT | this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because 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; |
| BBE | This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me. |
| Webster | This is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man who is preferred before me; for he was before me. |
What does John 1:30 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 1:29-36
John saw Jesus coming to him, and pointed him out as the Lamb of God. The paschal lamb, in the shedding and sprinkling of its blood, the roasting and eating of its flesh, and all the other circumstances of the ordinance, represented the salvation of sinners by faith in Christ. And the lambs sacrificed every morning and evening, can only refer to Christ slain as a sacrifice to redeem us to God by his blood. John came…
John 1:30 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 1:30
- John 1:27
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
- 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.
- 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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Context
- John 1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
- John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
- John 1:31
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
John 1:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Este es del que dije: Tras mí viene un varón, el cual es antes de mí: porque era primero que yo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est de celui-ci que moi, je disais: Après moi vient un homme qui prend place avant moi, car il était avant moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Dieser ist es, von dem ich sagte: Nach mir kommt ein Mann, der mir vor ist, denn er war vor mir. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hic est de quo dixi: Post me venit vir qui ante me factus est: quia prior me erat: |