Acts 13:24

John having first proclaimed, before the appearance of Jesus, a baptism upon repentance for all the people of Israel.

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."

About that time John the Baptist first appeared, proclaiming in the Wilderness of Judea:

It is said in the Prophet Isaiah--'Behold! I send my Messenger before thy face; He shall prepare thy way.'

And thou, Child, shalt be called Prophet of the Most High, For thou shalt go before the Lord to make ready his way,

And when Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests, a Command from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, while he was in the wilderness.

There appeared a man sent from God, whose name was John;

(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");

Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew on the subject of 'purification;'

You have yourselves sent to John, and he as testified to the Truth.

You yourselves know the story which spread through all Judea, how, beginning form Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed--

"What then was your baptism?" Paul asked.

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