Acts 19:3

19:3 So Paul¹ said, “Into what then were you baptized?” “Into John’s baptism,” they replied.²

Acts 13:24

13:24 Before³ Jesus⁴ arrived, John⁵ had proclaimed a baptism for repentance⁶ to all the people of Israel.

Acts 1:22

1:22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he⁷ was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”

Acts 10:37

10:37 you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:⁸

Acts 18:25

18:25 He had been instructed in⁹ the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm¹⁰ he spoke and taught accurately the facts¹¹ about Jesus, although he knew¹² only the baptism of John.

Acts 19:4

19:4 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him,¹³ that is, in Jesus.”

¹tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Grk “they said.”

³tn Grk “John having already proclaimed before his coming a baptism…,” a genitive absolute construction which is awkward in English. A new sentence was begun in the translation at this point.

⁴tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the context for clarity, since God is mentioned in the preceding context and John the Baptist in the following clause.

⁵sn John refers here to John the Baptist.

⁶tn Grk “a baptism of repentance”; the genitive has been translated as a genitive of purpose.

⁵tn Here the pronoun “he” refers to Jesus.

⁷tn Or “proclaimed.”

⁹tn Or “had been taught.”

¹⁰tn Grk “and boiling in spirit” (an idiom for great eagerness or enthusiasm; BDAG 426 s.v. ζέω).

¹¹tn Grk “the things.”

¹²tn Grk “knowing”; the participle ἐπιστάμενος (epistameno") has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

¹¹sn These disciples may have had their contact with John early on in the Baptist’s ministry before Jesus had emerged. This is the fifth time Luke links John the Baptist and Jesus (Acts 1:5; 11:16; 13:25; 18:25).