Acts 13:24

John having first preached, before his coming, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.

beginning from the immersion of John till the day on which he was taken up from us, must one be appointed as a witness with us of his resurrection.

In those days came John the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways,

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.

There arose, therefore, a dispute between some of John's disciples and a Jew, about purification.

You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth.

that word, you know, which was published through the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the immersion that John preached;

And he said to them: Into what, then, were you immersed? They replied: Into John's immersion.

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When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.