John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’”
Иоанн свидетелствует о нем и воззва глаголя: сей бе, егоже рех, иже по мне грядый, предо мною бысть, яко первее мене бе.