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Jn 1:15c ... John testifies about him and has cried saying, ... "This One was he to whom I said, ... "The One after me coming, in front of me has become, because prior to me, he was.""

Verse 15 has 7 narrator and 15 dialog words, ... Iōannēs marturei peri auton kai kekragen legōn, "Houtos ēn hon eipon, "ho opisō mou erchomenos, euprosthen mou gegonen, hoti prōtos mou, ēn"" (John testifies about him and has cried saying, "This One was he to whom I said, "The One after me coming, in front of me has become, because prior to me, he was"").

John's Testimony about Jesus: The first 2 phrases of 7 narrator and 4 dialog words are bottom up the center. The next 4 phrases of 11 dialog words are top down the sides. When the narrator or a character declares a testimony, the words should fill the central hexagon. In this testimony of 22 words, John declares three things about Jesus. 1) Jesus was born after John. 2) Jesus was in front of him (yes, on the diagram). 3) Prior to John, Jesus was. (yes, Jesus existed thousands of years before John, even before Moses). John's ministry of baptism prepared the way for Jesus to preach his gospel of eternal life to Mankind by simply believing in his name.

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