Acts 13:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

before his coming John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us to his resurrection.”

That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: