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

General references

Bible References

Bare

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

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

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

I indeed baptize you with 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 with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

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

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

He was

In the beginning 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 was, I am.

And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.

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

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not a thing to be grasped to be equal with God:

And he is before all things, and by him all things are held together.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.

Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things says the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive;

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The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight .

And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is preferred before me: for he was before me.

When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.