John having proclaimed before the face of his coming the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.
The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Having begun from the immersion of John, unto the day which he was taken up from us, be one of these a witness with you of his rising up.
The word ye know, having been through the whole of Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the immersion which John preached;