Acts 13:24

James Moffatt - New Testament

before whose coming John had already preached a baptism of repentance for all the people of Israel.

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from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us — of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

you know how it spread over the whole of Judaea, starting from Galilee after the baptism preached by John —

And you, my child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go in front of the Lord to make his ways ready,

THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ [the Son of God].