King James Version
John 1:30 in the King James Version says “This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.” — study this verse from John chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.”
John 1:30 · KJV
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. taketh away: or, beareth
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
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“of”
G4012properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas
“After”
G3694to the back, i.e., aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun)
“cometh”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“is preferred”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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