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John 1:30 KJV
John · chapter 1 · verse 30
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.John 1:30 · King James Version
John 1:30 in context
28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- preferredginomaito becomeG1096 →
- cometherchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- beforeemprosthenin front, before, beforeG1715 →
- beforeprōtosfirst in time or place, in any succession of things or persons, first in rank, influence…G4413 →
- Afteropisōback, behind, after, afterwards, of place things that are behind, of time afterG3694 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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We have in these verses an account of John's testimony concerning Jesus Christ, which he witnessed to his own disciples that followed him. As soon as ever Christ was baptized he was immediately hurried into the wilderness, to be tempted; and there he was forty days.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-36