Acts 13:24

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

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Acts 13:24

When Iohn had first preached before his coming, the baptisme of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

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

Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- Berean Standard Bible 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 first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- English Revised Version

before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Acts 13:24

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.

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