John 1:25-34 And they asked hym, and sayde vnto hym: Why baptizest thou then, yf thou be not Christe, nor Elias, neither that prophete

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁵ And they asked hym, and sayde vnto hym: Why baptizest thou then, yf thou be not Christe, nor Elias, neither that prophete ²⁶ Iohn aunswered them, saying: I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye knowe not ²⁷ He it is, which though he came after me, was before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose ²⁸ These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Iohn dyd baptize ²⁹ The next day, Iohn seeth Iesus comming vnto hym, and saith, beholde the lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the worlde ³⁰ This is he of whom I sayde, After me commeth a man, which is preferred before me, for he was before me ³¹ And I knewe hym not: but that he shoulde be declared to Israel, therfore am I come, baptizing with water ³² And Iohn bare recorde, saying: I sawe the spirite descende from heauen, lyke vnto a doue, and abode vpon hym ³³ And knewe hym not. But he that sent me to baptize with water, the same saide vnto me: vpon whom thou shalt see the spirite descende, and tary styll on hym, the same is he which baptizeth with the holy ghost ³⁴ And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God