John 1:15

John bore witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Is preferred before me. Literally, is made before me. The sense, says St. Chrysostom is, that he is greater in dignity, deserves greater honour though born after me, he was from eternity. (Witham)
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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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