John 1:15

John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
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.
KJV · King James Version
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.’”
WEB · World English Bible
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.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

bare
A.M. 4030. A.D. 26. See on ver.
John 1:7, 8, 29–34; John 3:26–36; John 5:33–36; Matthew 3:11, 13–17; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16
he was
John 1:1, 2, 30; John 8:58; John 17:5; Proverbs 8:22; Isaiah 9:6; Micah 5:2; Philippians 2:6, 7; Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 1:11, 17, 18; Revelation 2:8