John 1:15

(John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'")

Matthew 3:11

"I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Proverbs 8:22

"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Micah 5:2

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

Matthew 3:13-17

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

Mark 1:7

And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit 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 as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.

John 1:27

even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

John 1:29-34

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 3:26-36

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness--look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him."

John 5:33-36

You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."

John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

Philippians 2:6-7

who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Revelation 1:11

saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

Revelation 1:17-18

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,

Revelation 2:8

"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Bare

John 1:7
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
John 3:26
And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness--look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him."
John 5:33
You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
Matthew 3:11
"I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
Luke 3:16
John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

He was

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
Proverbs 8:22
"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Micah 5:2
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
Philippians 2:6
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Colossians 1:17
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Revelation 1:11
saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
Revelation 2:8
"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.

General references

Mark 1:3
the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'"
Luke 3:18
So with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people.
John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.'
Acts 13:24
Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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