John 1:30 KJV

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
John 1:30, King James Version

In context

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.

30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

John 1:15 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 1:27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.