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)
