Parallel Verses
Thomas Haweis New Testament
John bore witness concerning him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after me, is before me: because before me he was.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me
because He existed before me.’”)
International Standard Version
John told the truth about him when he cried out, "This is the person about whom I said, "The one who comes after me ranks higher than me, because he existed before me.'"
A Conservative Version
John testified about him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me came to be before me, because he was before me.
American Standard Version
John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.
Amplified
John testified [repeatedly] about Him and
An Understandable Version
John gave testimony about Jesus, shouting out, "This person is the one about whom I said, 'He who will come after me ranks above me because He existed before me.'"
Anderson New Testament
John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.
Bible in Basic English
John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.
Common New Testament
John bore witness of him and cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.'"
Daniel Mace New Testament
it was of him that John bare witness, when he made this declaration, "this was he of whom I said, he that cometh after me, was before me; for he did indeed exist before me."
Darby Translation
(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)
Godbey New Testament
John beareth witness concerning Him, and cried out saying; This is He of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me has been before me:
Goodspeed New Testament
(John testified to him and cried out??or it was he who said it??He who was to come after me is now ahead of me
John Wesley New Testament
John testified of him and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.
Julia Smith Translation
John testifies for him, and he tried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He coming after me was before me: for he was before me.
King James 2000
John bore witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
John testified about him and cried out, saying, "This one was [he about] whom I said, 'The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'"
Modern King James verseion
John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, This was He of whom I spoke: He who comes after me has been before me, for He was preceding me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
John bare witness of him and cried, saying, "This was he of whom I spake, which though he came after me, went before me: for he was before me."
Moffatt New Testament
(John testified to him with the cry, 'This was he of whom I said, my successor has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.')
Montgomery New Testament
John bore witness concerning him, and cried aloud, saying, "This is he of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me, for he was before me.'"
NET Bible
John testified about him and shouted out, "This one was the one about whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'"
New Heart English Bible
John testified about him. He shouted out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"
Noyes New Testament
John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me hath gone before me; for he was before me.
Sawyer New Testament
John testified of him, and cried, saying, This is the one of whom I said, He that comes after me existed before me, for he was before me.
The Emphasized Bible
(John beareth witness concerning him, and hath cried aloud, saying - the same, was he that said - He who, after me, was coming, before me, hath advanced; because, my Chief, was he.)
Twentieth Century New Testament
(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");
Webster
John testified concerning him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me, is preferred before me; for he was before me.
Weymouth New Testament
John gave testimony concerning Him and cried aloud, saying, "This is He of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me,' for He was before me."
Williams New Testament
John testified to Him and cried out, for this was the one who said, "The One who is coming after me has been put before me, because He existed before me."
World English Bible
John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"
Worrell New Testament
John testifies concerning Him, and has cried, saying, "This was He of Whom I said, 'He That cometh after me hath become before me, because He was before me;'"
Worsley New Testament
Of Him did John bare witness, and publicly declared, saying, This was He of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for He was before me.
Youngs Literal Translation
John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'
Themes
Jesus Christ » History of » John's testimony concerning him
John » Testifies to the messiahship of jesus
John the baptist » John the baptist being sent to prepare the way for jesus Christ
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ruling the elements
The word of God » Jesus Christ being the word of God
Topics
Interlinear
Martureo
Peri
Houtos
Mou
μοῦ
Mou
Usage: 313
Ginomai
References
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prologue To John's Gospel
14 And the Word became incarnate, and tabernacled with us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bore witness concerning him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after me, is before me: because before me he was. 16 And from his plenitude we all have received, even grace corresponding with [his] grace.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
Matthew 3:13-17
Then came Jesus from Galilee unto Jordan to John, that he might be baptized by him.
Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying, One mightier than I is coming after me, the string of whose shoes I am not worthy, stooping down, to unloose.
Luke 3:16
John addressed himself to them all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie: he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost and with fire;
John 1:1-2
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:7-8
He came for a witness, that he might bear testimony concerning the Light, that all men through him might believe.
John 1:27
it is he, though coming after me, who was before me, the thong of whole sandal I am not worthy to untie.
John 1:29-34
The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world,
John 3:26-36
And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, lo! this man baptiseth, and all men come to him.
John 5:33-36
Ye sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth.
John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Before Abraham had a being, I Am.
John 17:5
And now, Father, do thou glorify me with thyself in the glory which I held with thee before the world was.
Philippians 2:6-7
who being in the form of God counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God:
Colossians 1:17
and he is before all, and by him all things subsist.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.
Revelation 1:11
saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last; and what thou seest write in a book, and send to the churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
Revelation 1:17-18
And when I beheld him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
Revelation 2:8
And to the angel of the church of the Smyrnians write, These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive: