I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.
John 1:30 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was 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 indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.
Yochanan answered them all, *I indeed immerse you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
Yochanan testified about him. He cried out, saying, *This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'*
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen.*
I didn't know him, but for this reason I came immersing in water: that he would be revealed to Yisra'el.*
Many came to him. They said, *Yochanan indeed did no sign, but everything that Yochanan said about this man is true.*