‘I baptise you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He himself will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
John 1:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised This is the one I told you about: “After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 baptise you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He himself will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
John answered them all, ‘I baptise you with water, but one who is more powerful than I am is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
(John testified concerning him and exclaimed, ‘This was the one of whom I said, “The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.” ’)
He is the one coming after me, , whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.’
I didn’t know him, but I came baptising with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.’
Many came to him and said, ‘John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.’