John 1:30

This is he of whom I said, After me commeth a man, which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"This is He on behalf of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
- American Standard Version (1901)

This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.
- Basic English Bible

This is He of whom I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.'
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he *was* before me;
- Darby Bible

This is he, of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is become before me: for he was before me.
- English Revised Version

This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for John 1:30

1:28 Where John was baptizing - That is, used to baptize.

1:29 He seeth Jesus coming and saith, Behold the Lamb - Innocent; to be offered up; prophesied of by Isaiah, #Isa 53:7|, typified by the paschal lamb, and by the daily sacrifice: The Lamb of God - Whom God gave, approves, accepts of; who taketh away - Atoneth for; the sin - That is, all the sins: of the world - Of all mankind. Sin and the world are of equal extent.

1:31 I knew him not - Till he came to be baptized. How surprising is this; considering how nearly they were related, and how remarkable the conception and birth of both had been. But there was a peculiar providence visible in our Saviour's living, from his infancy to his baptism, at Nazareth: John all the time living the life of a hermit in the deserts of Judea, #Luke 1:80|, ninety or more miles from Nazareth: hereby that acquaintance was prevented which might have made John's testimony of Christ suspected.