For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.
The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;
Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.
That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,