யோவான் அவரைக்குறித்துச் சாட்சிகொடுத்து: எனக்குப் பின்வருகிறவர் எனக்கு முன்னிருந்தவர், ஆகையால் அவர் என்னிலும் மேன்மையுள்ளவர் என்று நான் சொல்லியிருந்தேனே, அவர் இவர்தான் என்று சத்தமிட்டுக் கூறினான்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)
World English Bible (WEB)
John 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.'”
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, `This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;’
Cross Reference
Proverbs 8:22
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Revelation 2:8
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Revelation 1:17
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Revelation 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Philippians 2:6
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
John 5:33
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
John 1:27
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
John 1:7
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
Luke 3:16
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Mark 1:7
And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Matthew 3:13
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Colossians 1:17
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
John 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
John 3:26
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
John 1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
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