^1:15John³⁹ testified⁴⁰ about him and shouted out,⁴¹ “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am,⁴² because he existed before me.’ ”

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Footnotes

39 John refers to John the Baptist.
40 Or “bore witness.”
41 Grk “and shouted out saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant is English and has not been translated.
42 Or “has a higher rank than I.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ”)

NIVNew International Version (2011)

(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”)

CSBChristian Standard Bible

(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.’ ”)

NLTNew Living Translation

John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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