Acts 13:24

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

from the time of His baptism by John down to the day when He was taken up from us, must be added to our number as a witness to His resurrection."

You know the story yourselves that spread all over Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached,

He then asked, "With what sort of baptism then were you baptized?" They answered, "With John's baptism."

In those days John the Baptist appeared, and kept preaching in the desert of Judea,

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah: "Here I send my messenger ahead of you; He will prepare your way.

And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready His ways,

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the message of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the desert.

There appeared a man named John, sent from God.

Then a discussion came up between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.

You yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.