John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be bap
Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy
You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’