John 1:15

(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");

Matthew 3:11

I, indeed, baptize you with water to teach repentance; but He who is Coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Matthew 3:13-17

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

Mark 1:7

And he proclaimed--"There is coming after me one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to stoop down and unfasten his sandals.

Luke 3:16

John, addressing them all, said: "I, indeed, baptize you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

John 1:1-2

In the Beginning the Word was; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

John 1:7-8

He came as a witness--to bear witness to the Light that through him all men might believe.

John 1:27

He is coming after me, yet I am not worthy even to unfasten his sandal."

John 1:29-34

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!

John 3:26-36

And the disciples came to John and said: "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony--he, also, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him."

John 5:33-36

You have yourselves sent to John, and he as testified to the Truth.

John 8:58

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "before Abraham existed I was."

John 17:5

And now do thou honor me, Father, at thy own side, with the honor which I had at thy side before the world began.

Philippians 2:6-7

Though the divine nature was his from the beginning, yet he did not look upon equality with God as above all things to be clung to,

Colossians 1:17

All has been created through him and for him. He was before all things, and all things unite in him;

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day--yes, and for ever!

Revelation 1:11

It said-- 'Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven Churches, to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicaea.'

Revelation 1:17-18

And, when I saw him, I fell at his feet like one dead. He laid his hand on me and said-- 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

Revelation 2:8

To the Angel of the Church in Smyrna write:-- "These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died, but is restored 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 to the Light that through him all men might believe.
John 3:26
And the disciples came to John and said: "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony--he, also, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him."
John 5:33
You have yourselves sent to John, and he as testified to the Truth.
Matthew 3:11
I, indeed, baptize you with water to teach repentance; but He who is Coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Mark 1:7
And he proclaimed--"There is coming after me one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to stoop down and unfasten his sandals.
Luke 3:16
John, addressing them all, said: "I, indeed, baptize you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

He was

John 1:1
In the Beginning the Word was; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.
John 8:58
"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "before Abraham existed I was."
John 17:5
And now do thou honor me, Father, at thy own side, with the honor which I had at thy side before the world began.
Philippians 2:6
Though the divine nature was his from the beginning, yet he did not look upon equality with God as above all things to be clung to,
Colossians 1:17
All has been created through him and for him. He was before all things, and all things unite in him;
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day--yes, and for ever!
Revelation 1:11
It said-- 'Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven Churches, to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicaea.'
Revelation 2:8
To the Angel of the Church in Smyrna write:-- "These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died, but is restored to life:--

General references

Mark 1:3
'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness: "Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight."'
Luke 3:18
And so with many different exhortations John told his Good News to the people.
John 1:30
It was of him that I spoke when I said 'After me there is coming a man who is now before me, for he was ever First.'
Acts 13:24
John having first proclaimed, before the appearance of Jesus, a baptism upon repentance for all the people of Israel.