I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
John 1:30 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is become before me: for he was before me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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. American Standard Version (1901) This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me. Common English Bible This is the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is really greater than me because he existed before me.’ Catholic Public Domain Version 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.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is he, of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me. |
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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.
even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.
And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing with water.
And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.