:TEXT: "he will go before him in the spirit" : S A B3 D K W X Delta Theta Pi Psi f1 28 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect lat vg cop : KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: ANOTES: "he will come [near] before him in the spirit" : B* C L f13 : ASVnCOMMENTS: The difference between the two words is that of one letter. The word "come [near] before" is the much more common word and the less frequently used word "go before" was probably misread by copyists.