John 1:15

John bore witness of him and cried, saying, This is he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

Matthew 3:11

I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

Proverbs 8:22

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government is placed upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called The Wonderful One, The Counsellor, The God, The Mighty One, The Eternal Father, The Prince of Peace.

Micah 5:2

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be Lord in Israel; and his goings forth are from the beginning, from the days of the ages.

Matthew 3:13-17

Then Jesus came from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him.

Mark 1:7

and preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

Luke 3:16

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you in water, but one mightier than I comes, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose; he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

John 1:1-2

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and the Word was God.

John 1:7-8

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

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 1:29-34

The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

John 3:26-36

And they came unto John and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan of whom thou gave witness, behold, the same baptizes, and all men come to him.

John 5:33-36

Ye sent unto John, and he bore witness unto the truth.

John 8:58

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.

John 17:5

And now, O Father, clarify thou me with thine own self with that clarity which I had with thee before the world was.

Philippians 2:6-7

who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and for the ages.

Revelation 1:11

that said, I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, and What thou seest, write in a book and send it unto the seven congregations which are in Asia: unto Ephesus and unto Smyrna and unto Pergamos and unto Thyatira and unto Sardis and unto Philadelphia and unto Laodicea.

Revelation 1:17-18

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I AM the first and the last,

Revelation 2:8

And unto the angel of the congregation of Smyrna write: These things, saith the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive:

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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
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
John 3:26
And they came unto John and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan of whom thou gave witness, behold, the same baptizes, and all men come to him.
John 5:33
Ye sent unto John, and he bore witness unto the truth.
Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
Mark 1:7
and preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Luke 3:16
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you in water, but one mightier than I comes, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose; he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

He was

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and the Word was God.
John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.
John 17:5
And now, O Father, clarify thou me with thine own self with that clarity which I had with thee before the world was.
Proverbs 8:22
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government is placed upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called The Wonderful One, The Counsellor, The God, The Mighty One, The Eternal Father, The Prince of Peace.
Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be Lord in Israel; and his goings forth are from the beginning, from the days of the ages.
Philippians 2:6
who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,
Colossians 1:17
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and for the ages.
Revelation 1:11
that said, I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, and What thou seest, write in a book and send it unto the seven congregations which are in Asia: unto Ephesus and unto Smyrna and unto Pergamos and unto Thyatira and unto Sardis and unto Philadelphia and unto Laodicea.
Revelation 2:8
And unto the angel of the congregation of Smyrna write: These things, saith the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive:

General references

Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.
Luke 3:18
And exhorting many other things he announced the gospel unto the people.
John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.
Acts 13:24
John, having first proclaimed before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.