Acts 13:24
And, before his advent, he sent John to proclaim the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
23From the seed of this man, hath God raised up to Israel, as he promised, Jesus a deliverer.
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 3:2in the high priesthood of Annas and of Caiaphas; the word of God was upon John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.
John 1:15John testified of him, and cried, and said: This is he, of whom I said, That he cometh after me, and is before me; for he was prior to me.
John 5:33Ye sent unto John; and he bore testimony to the truth.
Acts 10:37and ye also know the word, which was in all Judaea, which commenced from Galilee, after the baptism 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 →