John having first proclaimed, before the appearance of Jesus, a baptism upon repentance for all the people of Israel.
The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ.
And thou, Child, shalt be called Prophet of the Most High, For thou shalt go before the Lord to make ready his way,
From his baptism by John down to that day on which he was taken from us--some one must be found to join us as a witness of his resurrection."
You yourselves know the story which spread through all Judea, how, beginning form Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed--