King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — John 1
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These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
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And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
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