John 1:15
John · New Testament · Chapter 1
“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.”John 1:15
What Does John 1:15 Mean?
John 1:15 is found in the book of John, chapter 1, verse 15 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to John 1:15 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 3:11“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:”John 1:30“This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.”Colossians 1:17“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”Matthew 11:11“Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.”Luke 3:16“John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:”John 1:1“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”John 1:27“He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”John 1:29“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”John 3:26“And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.”Matthew 3:13“Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.”John 1:7“The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.”John 5:33“Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.”Micah 5:2“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”Mark 1:7“And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.”John 17:5“And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.”Isaiah 9:6“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”John 8:58“Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”Revelation 1:17“And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:”Revelation 2:8“And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;”Proverbs 8:22“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.”
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