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John 1:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 15 (John bore witness about him, yes, he cried out: “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming behind me has advanced in front of me, for he existed before me.’”)+

John 1:15

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 15 Ἰωάνης John μαρτυρεῖ is witnessing περὶ about αὐτοῦ him καὶ and κέκραγεν he has cried out λέγων— saying— οὗτος this (one) ἦν was ὁ the (one) εἰπών— having said— Ὁ The (one) ὀπίσω behind μου me ἐρχόμενος coming ἔμπροσθέν in front μου of me γέγονεν, has come to be, ὅτι because πρῶτός first μου of me ἦν· he was;

John 1:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 15 (John bore witness about him, yes, he actually cried out—this was the one who said [it]—saying: “The one coming behind me has advanced in front of me, because he existed before me.”)+

John 1:15

The Bible in Living English
- 15 John testifies of him and shouts “This was the one I spoke of when I said ‘He who is coming behind me has got ahead of me,’ because he was before I was,”

John 1:15

American Standard Version
- 15 John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

John 1:15

The Emphasized Bible
- 15 (John beareth witness concerning him and hath cried aloud, saying—the same was he that said—He who after me was coming Before me hath advanced; Because my Chief was he.)

John 1:15

King James Version
- 15 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.

John Study Notes—Chapter 1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 1:15
  
  The one coming behind me: John the Baptist was born some six months before Jesus and started his ministry before Jesus did. In that sense, Jesus came “behind,” or after, John. (Lu 1:24, 26; 3:1-20) Jesus, however, did far greater works than John, so in that sense, he advanced in front of John, or surpassed him, in every way. John the Baptist also acknowledged Jesus’ prehuman existence by saying that he existed before me.