12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Acts 1:22 — Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
• Acts 10:37 — That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
• Acts 19:3 — And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
• John 1:6 — There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
• Luke 3:2 — Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
• Luke 3:3 — And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
• Luke 3:16 — John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost an
• Mark 1:2 — As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
• Mark 1:4 — John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
• Matt 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
• Matt 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
• Matt 17:12 — But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.