John 1:15

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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.

Bare

He was

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Bible References

Bare

The same, came, for a witness, That he might bear witness, concerning the light, that, all, might believe, through him.

And they came unto John, and said unto him - Rabbi! he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, unto whom, thou, hast borne witness, see! the same, is immersing; and, all, are coming unto him.

Ye, have sent forth unto John, - and he hath borne witness to the truth: -

I, indeed, am immersing you, in water, unto repentance, - but, he who, after me, cometh is, mightier than I, whose, sandals, I am not worthy to bear, he, will immerse you, in Holy Spirit and fire:

and he proclaimed, saying - He that is mightier than I cometh after me, of whom I am not worthy to stoop and unloose the strap of his sandals:

John answered, saying unto all - I, indeed, in water, am immersing you, but he that is mightier than I, cometh, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose, - he, will immerse you m Holy Spirit and fire:

He was

Originally, was, the Word, and, the Word, was, with God; and, the Word, was, God.

Jesus said unto them - Verily, verily, I say unto you: Before, Abraham, came into existence, I, am.

And, now, glorify me - thou, Father! with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world's existence, with thee.

Yahweh, had constituted me the beginning of his way, before his works, at the commencement of that time;

For, A Child, hath been born to us, A Son, hath been given to us, And the dominion is upon his shoulder, - And his Name hath been called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty GOD, Father of Futurity, Prince of Prosperity.

Thou, therefore, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though, little, to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee, shall Mine come forth, to be ruler in Israel, - whose comings forth, have been from of old, from the days of age-past time.

Who, in form of God, subsisting, not, a thing to be seized, accounted the being equal with God,

And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;

Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to-day, is the same, - and unto the ages.

saying - What thou seest, write in a scroll, and send unto the Seven Assemblies, - unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, - and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, - and unto Laodicea.

And, unto the messenger of the assembly, in Smyrna, write: - These things, saith the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:

General references

A voice of one crying aloud - In the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight, be making his paths.

So then indeed, as to many things and various, he exhorted, and continued telling his glad-message unto the people.

This, is he, of whom, I, said - After me, cometh a man, who, before me, hath advanced, because, my Chief, was he.

John, beforehand proclaiming, before the face of his coming in, an immersion of repentance, unto all the people of Israel.