Acts 13:23-25

The Voice

²³ God has selected one of David’s descendants as the long-promised Liberator of Israel. I am speaking of Jesus.

²⁴ Before Jesus arrived on the scene, His cousin John was hard at work, proclaiming to all the people of Israel a ceremonial washing through baptism^[a] and pointing to a new direction in thought and life. ²⁵ John’s ministry climaxed when he said, “Who do you assume me to be? I am not the One you’re looking for. No, but One is coming after me, One whose sandal thong I am unworthy to untie.”^[b]