John 1:30 - Plain English Version30 He is the man I told you about. I said, ‘He is a lot greater than I am. You see, he was always alive, even before I was born.’ Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176930 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition30 This is He of Whom I said, After me comes a Man Who has priority over me [Who takes rank above me] because He was before me and existed before I did. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is really greater than me because he existed before me.’ Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version30 This is the one about whom I said, 'After me arrives a man, who has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.' Ver Capítulo |
John kept on talking to the people. He said, “If you say you are sorry for the bad things you did, and if you turn to God, then I will baptise you with water. But somebody is coming soon, and he is more important than me. I’m not even good enough to carry his shoes. I’m just nothing. He will put the Holy Spirit in you, that is, he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire.
At first I didn’t know that this was the special man that God promised to send. You see, God sent me to you Israel people to baptise you with water and get you ready, so that God can show that man to you. I didn’t know which man was the right one, but God told me this, ‘You will see the Holy Spirit coming down on to one man, and the spirit will stay on that man. Then you will know that he is the special man that I sent. He is the one that will put the Holy Spirit into people, that is, he will baptise them with the Holy Spirit.’ And I saw it happen like God said. I saw the Holy Spirit come down from heaven. It looked like a pigeon. It came down and sat on him. So I’m telling you, this man is God’s son.”