Acts 1:22 Cross References - WPNT

²² beginning from the baptism of John until the day when He was taken up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

¹ Now in those days John the Baptist began preaching in the wilderness of Judea ² and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near!” ³ For this is he who was referred to by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “A voice crying-out, ‘Prepare in the wilderness the way of the LORD, make His paths straight’.” ⁴ Now John actually used clothes made from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; while his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem, all Judea and all the region of the Jordan went out to him, ⁶ and were being baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: “Brood of vipers! Who tipped you off to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance, ⁹ and don’t even think to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father’, for I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ¹⁰ Indeed, already the ax is being laid to the root of the trees. So every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ “I baptize you with water unto repentance, but the One coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with Holy Spirit. ¹² His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” ¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ But John tried to dissuade Him saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and You are coming to me?” ¹⁵ But in answer Jesus said to him, “Permit it now, because thus it is appropriate to us to fulfill all righteousness”. Then he permitted Him. ¹⁶ And having been baptized Jesus came up directly from the water, when wow, the heavens were opened to Him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and alighting upon Him. ¹⁷ And wow, a Voice from the heavens saying, “This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I am always well pleased!”

¹ A beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God! ² As it is written in the prophets —“Take note, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.” ³ “A voice calling out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make His paths straight!’” — ⁴ John started baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. ⁵ Well the whole Judean countryside and the Jerusalemites started going out to him, and were all being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. ⁶ Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist; and he was eating locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he was proclaiming: “After me my Superior is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen. ⁸ I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with Holy Spirit.”

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, while his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, ² during the high priesthood of Annas (also Caiaphas), the word of God came upon John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. ³ So he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins; ⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: “A voice calling out: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness, make His paths straight. ⁵ Every ravine will be filled up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the crooked parts of the roads will be straightened out, and the rough parts will be smoothed out; ⁶ and all flesh will see the salvation of God.’” ⁷ Then he said to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him: “You sons of poisonous snakes! Who tipped you off to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Well then, produce fruits befitting repentance, and don’t even begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father’, because I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones! ⁹ But even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees; so then, every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” ¹⁰ So the people started asking him, “What then must we do?” ¹¹ In answer he said to them, “He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food should do likewise”. ¹² Well even tax collectors came to be baptized by him and said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?” ¹³ So He said to them, “Don’t charge more than what was determined to you”. ¹⁴ So the soldiers started asking him too: “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Don’t extort or harass anyone, and be content with your wages”. ¹⁵ Now as the people were expectant and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he just might be the Messiah, ¹⁶ John anticipated them all saying: “I indeed am baptizing you with water, but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal straps I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with Holy Spirit and fire; ¹⁷ whose winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor and gather the wheat into His barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” ¹⁸ (Indeed, with many other exhortations as well he kept on preaching to the people;

²⁸ These things happened in Bithabara, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day John sees Jesus coming toward him and says, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is now ahead of me, because He existed before I did.’ ³¹ I did not know Him; but so that He should be revealed to Israel, that is why I came baptizing with water.” ³² And John testified saying, “I observed the Spirit coming down like a dove out of heaven, and He rested upon Him. ³³ Now I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me ‘The One upon whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting—this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ So I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.” ³⁵ Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples. ³⁶ And seeing Jesus walking by he says, “Look, the Lamb of God!” ³⁷ The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ So turning and observing them following Jesus says to them, “What do you want?” So they said to Him, “Rabbi” (which translated means ‘Teacher’), “where are You staying?” ³⁹ He says to them, “Come and see.” So they went and saw where He was staying, and stayed with Him that day—it was about the tenth hour. ⁴⁰ One of the two who heard John and followed Him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹ He first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated ‘Christ’). ⁴² And he led him to Jesus. Looking at him Jesus said, “You are Simon, the son of Jonah; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated ‘Stone’). ⁴³ The next day He decided to go to Galilee, so He finds Philip and says to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴ (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.) ⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found the One of whom Moses in the Law—and also the prophets—wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph, from Natsareth.” ⁴⁶ So Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Natsareth ?” Philip says to him, “Come and see!” ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and says about him, “There, a genuine Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸ Nathanael says to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹ In answer Nathanael says to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” ⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, “You believe because I said that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater than these.” ⁵¹ And He says to him, “I tell you (pl) most assuredly, later on you will see the heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

²⁷ And you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

² until the day in which He was taken back, after He had given commandment, by Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom He had chosen;

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be witnesses to me —both in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and even to the last part of the earth.” ⁹ Upon saying these things, as they watched, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight.

³³ (Also the Apostles were giving witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power.) Yes, great grace was on them all,

²⁴ John having heralded beforehand, in advance of His coming, a baptism of repentance to Israel. ²⁵ Well as John was fulfilling his course, he said: ‘Whom do you suppose me to be? No I’m not—but indeed He comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie’.

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