Acts 13:24
John having first preached, before his coming, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
23From the posterity of this man, God, according to his promise, raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus;
Cross References
Mark 1:2as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.
Luke 3:2Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.
John 1:15John 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.
John 5:33You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth.
Acts 10:37that word, you know, which was published through the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the immersion that John preached;
Matthew Henry on Acts 13:15-42
Paul at Antioch in Pisidia. 14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and… Read the whole commentary →