Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced: