he was before # 43_JOH_01_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. 
he was before # 43_JOH_01_30 # This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. 
he was before # 43_JOH_06_62 # [What] and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?