John 1:15-36 John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me. ¹⁶ And from his fullness have we all received, even grace for grace; ¹⁷ for the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has revealed him. ¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you? ²⁰ And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him: What then? Are you Elijah? And he said: I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered: No. ²² They then said to him: Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what say you of yourself? ²³ He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah. ²⁴ And those who were sent were of the Pharisees; ²⁵ and they asked him, and said to him: Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet? ²⁶ John answered them, saying: I immerse in water; but there stands one among you whom you know not. ²⁷ He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose. ²⁸ These things were done in Beth any, beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing. ²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is now before me, for he existed before me. ³¹ And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason I have come immersing in water. ³² And John testified, saying: I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. ³³ And I knew him not; but he that sent me to immerse in water, said to me, On whom you shall see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is he that immerses in the Holy Spirit. ³⁴ And I saw, and do testify that this is the Son of God. ³⁵ Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. ³⁶ And looking on Jesus as he walked, he said: Be hold the Lamb of God.