John 1:30
This is the One about whom I said, 'After me there is coming a man who has already been put before me, because He existed before me.'
John 1:15
John testified to Him and cried out, for this was the one who said, "The One who is coming after me has been put before me, because He existed before me."
John 1:27
He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."
Luke 3:16
John expressly answered them all, "I am baptizing you in water only, but there is coming the One who is stronger than I am, whose shoestrings I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;