John 1:30

1:30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, ¹  because he existed before me.’

John 3:28

3:28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ ²  but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’

John 10:4

10:4 When he has brought all his own sheep ³  out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize ⁴  his voice.

¹ tn Or “has a higher rank than I.”

² tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

³ tn The word “sheep” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

⁴ tn Grk “because they know.”