NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 24

Acts 13:24

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

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THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Acts 13:24 in context

Acts 13:21–27

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Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

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When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

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From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,

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

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As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

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“Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

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For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

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  1. TR, NU read “to all the people of Israel” instead of “to Israel”

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