Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
This is he of whom I said, `After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.`
Verse Takeaways
1
The Divine Paradox
John the Baptist highlights a divine paradox. Jesus came 'after' John in terms of His public ministry, but was 'before' him in rank and honor. Commentators explain this is because Jesus existed eternally before John was ever born, a clear testimony to Christ's divine nature and pre-existence.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
John
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
15
Of whom (υπερ ου). Not περ, but υπερ. "On behalf of whom." John points to Jesus as he speaks: "This is he." There he is. See verse…
19th Century
Anglican
This is he.—These words meet us here for the third time. They come in John 1:15, and in part in John 1:27. Here, as before, they are a quo…
Baptist
Of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.…
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
This verse is essentially a restatement of v.15, with one significant addition. John calls Jesus “a man who comes after me.” The Greek word for “ma…
16th Century
Protestant
This is he of whom I said. He summarizes everything in a few words when he declares that Christ is the person who, as he said, was to be p…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
This is he, of whom it is said Either the day before, as in (John 1:27) , or some time before that, ([Re…
Get curated content & updates
Presbyterian
John saw Jesus coming to him and pointed him out as the Lamb of God. The paschal lamb, in the shedding and sprinkling of its blood, the roasting an…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, John had testified about Christ when he was questioned. Here, he gives a voluntary testimony.
This section is divided …
