John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
In other versions
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
ASV
This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.
BBE
He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he *was* before me;
DBY
This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'
WEB
this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:
YLT
This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
ENG
This is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man who is preferred before me; for he was before me.
WBT
This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
BSB
In context
28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.