John having earlier proclaimed, before his coming presence, the immersion of repentance to Israel.
having begun from the immersion of John to the day that he was taken up from us, for one of these to become a witness with us of his resurrection.
ye know, the word having occurred throughout the whole of Judea beginning from Galilee after the immersion that John preached--
And thou, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. For thou will go ahead, before the face of Lord, to prepare his ways,
The beginning of the good-news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.