Acts 13:24
“When Iohn had first preached before his coming, the baptisme of repentance to all the people of Israel.”
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Acts 13:24 Context
22And when he had remoued him, hee raised vp vnto them Dauid to be their king, to whom also he gaue testimonie, and said, I haue found Dauid the sonne of Iesse, a man after mine own heart, which shal fulfill all my wil. 23Of this mans seed hath God, according to his promise, raised vnto Israel a Sauiour, Iesus: 24When Iohn had first preached before his coming, the baptisme of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25And as Iohn fulfilled his course, he said, Whom thinke ye that I am? I am not he. But behold, there commeth one after me, whose shooes of his feete I am not worthy to loose. 26Men and brethren, children of the stocke of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is the word of this saluation sent.
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Other Translations for Acts 13:24
When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- King James Version
after John had proclaimed before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.
- Basic English Bible
John having proclaimed before the face of his entry [among the people] [the] baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- Darby Bible
John having first preached, before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- Webster's Bible
Before the coming of Jesus, John had proclaimed to all the people of Israel a baptism of repentance.
- Weymouth Bible
before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.
- World English Bible
whanne Joon prechide bifor the face of his comyng the baptym of penaunce to al the puple of Israel.
- Wycliffe Bible
John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 13:24
13:24 John having first preached - He mentions this, as a thing already known to them. And so doubtless it was. For it gave so loud an alarm to the whole Jewish nation, as could not but be heard of in foreign countries, at least as remote as Pisidia.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 13:24
Ac 13:24,25 John had first preached. John, who preached before the Savior's coming, is named because he was well known to the Jews, and most of them regarded him a prophet. See Mt 3:1-12 Joh 5:32-35.