John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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Context
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John seeth Yahusha coming unto him, and says, Behold the Lamb of Elohim, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.