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.’”
Ї҆ѡа́ннъ свидѣ́телствѹетъ ѡ҆ не́мъ и҆ воззва̀ глаго́ла: се́й бѣ̀, є҆го́же рѣ́хъ, и҆́же по мнѣ̀ грѧды́й, предо мно́ю бы́сть, ѩ҆́кѡ пе́рвѣе менє̀ бѣ̀.