John 1:15 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁵ 3 He said: I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ John testified about Him and cried out, This was He of Whom I said, He Who comes after me has priority over me, for He was before me. [He takes rank above me, for He existed before I did. He has advanced before me, because He is my Chief.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ John testified about him, crying out, “This is the one of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than me because he existed before me.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ John offers testimony about him, and he cries out, saying: "This is the one about whom I said: 'He who is to come after me, has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.' "

John 1:15 Cross References

Proverbs 8:22

9 When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;

Isaiah 9:6

4 And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.

Micah 5:2

0 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will take away thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots.

Matthew 3:11

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.

Mark 1:7

5 And saying: The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.

Luke 3:16

4 Who was of Levi, who was of Melchi, who was of Janne, who was of Joseph,

John 1:27

5 The next day again John stood, and two of his disciples.

John 17:5

3 And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy filled in themselves.

John 8:58

And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore, and washed, and he came seeing.

Colossians 1:17

6 The mystery which hath been hidden from ages and generations, but now is manifested to his saints,

Hebrews 13:8

7 Obey your prelates, and be subject to them. For they watch as being to render an account of your souls; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you.

Revelation 1:11

0 The mystery of the seven stars, which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. And the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:8

7 He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him that overcometh, I will give the hidden manna, and will give him a white counter, and in the counter, a new name written, which no man knoweth, but he that receiveth it.