John 1:15, 27, 30

(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.’”)

even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’