<p>1:30 <em>This is he of whom I said: After me comes a man who is ranked above me. For he was senior to me</em>- Again we see John's repeated self-deprecation in presenting the Lord Jesus to others. John the Baptist was actually older than the Lord Jesus; he therefore meant that Jesus was &ldquo;before&rdquo; him in the sense of being more important than him. C.H. Dodd interprets this passage as meaning: &ldquo;There is a man in my following who has taken precedence over me, because he is&hellip; essentially my superior- C.H. Dodd, <em>Historical Tradition In The Fourth Gospel </em>(Cambridge: CUP, 1976) p. 274. See on Jn. 8:58.</p>