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.

beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.

that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

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

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

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

There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.

Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.