Acts 13:24

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Before his coming to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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

English Standard Version
Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
after John had proclaimed, before His coming, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

New Century Version
Before Jesus came, John preached to all the people of Israel about a baptism of changed hearts and lives.

Amplified Bible
"Before His coming John [the Baptist] had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
after John had proclaimed before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
after John had preached before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
But before Jesus came, John was telling everyone in Israel to turn back to God and be baptized.

Complete Jewish Bible
Now before the coming of Yeshua, Yochanan proclaimed to all the people of Isra'el an immersion in connection with turning to God from sin.

Darby Translation
John having proclaimed before the face of his entry [among the people] [the] baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Easy-to-Read Version
Before he came, John told all the people of Israel what they should do. He told them to be baptized to show they wanted to change their lives.

Geneva Bible (1587)
When Iohn had first preached before his coming the baptisme of repentance to all the people of Israel.

George Lamsa Translation
Before whose coming, he had sent John to preach the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Good News Translation
Before Jesus began his work, John preached to all the people of Israel that they should turn from their sins and be baptized.

Lexham English Bible
Before his coming John had publicly proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Literal Translation
John going before to proclaim before the face of His entrance a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

American Standard Version
when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Bible in Basic English
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.

Hebrew Names Version
before his coming, when Yochanan had first preached the immersion of repentance to all the people of Yisra'el.

International Standard Version
Before his coming, John had already preached a baptism of repentance to all the people in Israel.Matthew 3:1; Luke 3:3;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And he sent Juhanon to proclaim before his coming the baptism of repentance to the whole people of Israel.

Murdock Translation
And, before his advent, he sent John to proclaim the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When Iohn had first preached before his commyng, the baptisme of repentaunce to all the people of Israel.

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

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
John having first preached before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Weymouth's New Testament
Before the coming of Jesus, John had proclaimed to all the people of Israel a baptism of repentance.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
whanne Joon prechide bifor the face of his comyng the baptym of penaunce to al the puple of Israel.

Update Bible Version
when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
John having first preached, before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

New English Translation
Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.

New King James Version
after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

New Living Translation
Before he came, John the Baptist preached that all the people of Israel needed to repent of their sins and turn to God and be baptized.

New Life Bible
Before Jesus came, John had preached to all the Jews that they should be baptized because they were sorry for their sins and turned from them.

New Revised Standard
before his coming John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
John, beforehand proclaiming, before the face of his coming in, an immersion of repentance, unto all the people of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.

Revised Standard Version
Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
when Iohn had fyrst preached before his cominge the baptyme of repentauce to Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
whan Ihon had first preached before his comynge the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel.

Mace New Testament (1729)
before his appearance, John had preach'd the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Before Jesus came, the great cowboy named John preached a message of radically changing your life to ride for God and being dunked in water. He told his message to all the cowboys in Israel.

Contextual Overview

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 exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. ¹⁸ And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. ¹⁹ And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. ²⁰ And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. ²¹ And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. ²² And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. ²³ Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

Bible Verse Review
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Acts 1:22, Acts 10:37, Acts 19:3, Acts 19:4, Matthew 3:1-11, Mark 1:2-8, Luke 1:76, Luke 3:2, Luke 3:3-20, John 1:6-8, John 1:15-18, John 3:25-36, John 5:33-36

Reciprocal: Malachi 3:1 - and he Matthew 3:11 - baptize Matthew 17:12 - and they Mark 1:4 - did Luke 3:16 - I indeed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When John had first preached before his coming,.... Or, "before the face of his entrance"; that is, on his public ministry; for John did not preach before the coming of Christ in the flesh, being born but half a year before him; but before he came forth and was manifest to Israel; before he entered upon his work and office, as a prophet and teacher of the people: and this points out the business of John the Baptist, who was the forerunner of Christ, and went before his face to prepare his way, who gave notice of his coming, and bore testimony to him; and whose testimony the apostle here produces, as being what the Jews could not well reject and deny, he being of so much probity and integrity, and so great a prophet, as he was accounted by all the people; and whom he prepared for the reception of the Messiah, by first preaching;

the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel: he not only administered the ordinance of baptism, but he preached the doctrine of it, opened the nature and design of it, and required repentance and fruits meet for it, in those who came to have it administered to them: for which reason it is called the baptism of repentance; and this he did publicly before all the people, when the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, came unto him; see Mark 1:4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When John had first preached ... - After John had preached and prepared the way, Matthew 3:0:

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 13:24. John - preached - the baptism of repentance — On the nature and effects of John's preaching, Matthew 3:1, &c., and Luke 3:10-15.