John the Baptist did not speak of Christ's coming, as the other apostles had done, as of a thing a great way off, or at a distance of time; but he spake of it as of a present matter, before his and their faces, and in their view; Behold the Lamb of God! 1 Thessalonians 1:29,36. The baptism of repentance; so it is called, Matthew 3:2,8 Mr 1:4 Luke 3:3; repentance being a due qualification for such as hope to receive the mercies of God in Christ unto life eternal.
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Acts 13:24
24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.