Cross-referencesExplore similar Bible verses on John 1:30 in English Standard Version "This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’" Joh 1:15 (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.’”)Joh 1:27 even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”