John 1:15

New American Bible - revised edition

John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’”

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

I am baptizing you with water, for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I. I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

John 17:5

Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began.

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

Micah 5:2

Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to give birth has borne, Then the rest of his kindred shall return to the children of Israel.

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.”

Revelation 2:8

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write this: “‘The first and the last, who once died but came to life, says this:

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

John 1:27

the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”

Mark 1:7

And this is what he proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.

Revelation 1:11

which said, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Isaiah 9:6

His dominion is vast and forever peaceful, Upon David’s throne, and over his kingdom, which he confirms and sustains By judgment and justice, both now and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this!

Proverbs 8:22

“The Lord begot me, the beginning of his works, the forerunner of his deeds of long ago;