John 1:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

He is the One about whom I said, ‘A man will come after me who ranks above me, for He existed before me.’

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This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

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.

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.

This is the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is really greater than me because he existed before me.’

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.'

This is he, of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me.