Acts 1:22 就是从约翰施洗起，直到主离开我们被接上升的日子为止，必须从那常与我们作伴的人中立一位与我们同作耶稣复活的见证。”

1:22 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 就是从约翰施洗起，直到主离开我们被接上升的日子为止，必须从那常与我们作伴的人中立一位与我们同作耶稣复活的见证。”
现代标点和合本 - 就是从约翰施洗起，直到主离开我们被接上升的日子为止，必须从那常与我们做伴的人中立一位与我们同作耶稣复活的见证。”
和合本（拼音版） - 就是从约翰施洗起，直到主离开我们被接上升的日子为止，必须从那常与我们作伴的人中，立一位与我们同作耶稣复活的见证。”
New International Version - beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
New International Reader's Version - That time began when John was baptizing. It ended when Jesus was taken up from us. The one we choose must join us in telling people that Jesus rose from the dead.”
English Standard Version - beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.”
New Living Translation - from the time he was baptized by John until the day he was taken from us. Whoever is chosen will join us as a witness of Jesus’ resurrection.”
Christian Standard Bible - beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us — from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
New American Standard Bible - beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
New King James Version - beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
Amplified Bible - beginning with the baptism by John [at the outset of Jesus’ ministry] until the day when He was taken up from us—one of these men must become a witness with us [to testify] of His resurrection.”
American Standard Version - beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
World English Bible - beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
新標點和合本 - 就是從約翰施洗起，直到主離開我們被接上升的日子為止，必須從那常與我們作伴的人中立一位與我們同作耶穌復活的見證。」
呂振中譯本 - 從約翰之施洗起、到主從我們中間被接上升的日子為止，所有同我們來往的這些人中間、必須有一位、同我們作他復活的見證。』
現代標點和合本 - 就是從約翰施洗起，直到主離開我們被接上升的日子為止，必須從那常與我們做伴的人中立一位與我們同作耶穌復活的見證。」
文理和合譯本 - 自約翰施洗始、至其別我接昇之日、須於常與我儕偕者、選舉一人、同證其復起也、
文理委辦譯本 - 自約翰施洗至耶穌升天之日宜更有一人、共證耶穌復生、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 自約翰施洗、至其別我升天之日、有常與我偕者、必由其中選一人、可與我儕同證耶穌復活、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 即自如望施洗、至其昇天之日、與我同處之人中、遴選一人、共為耶穌復活之見證。』
Новый Русский Перевод - начиная от крещения Иоанна и до того дня, когда Иисус был взят от нас. Он, как и мы, должен быть свидетелем Его воскресения.
Восточный перевод - начиная с того времени, когда Яхия совершил над Ним обряд погружения в воду и до того дня, когда Иса был взят от нас. Он, как и мы, должен быть свидетелем Его воскресения.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - начиная с того времени, когда Яхия совершил над Ним обряд погружения в воду и до того дня, когда Иса был взят от нас. Он, как и мы, должен быть свидетелем Его воскресения.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - начиная с того времени, когда Яхьё совершил над Ним обряд погружения в воду и до того дня, когда Исо был взят от нас. Он, как и мы, должен быть свидетелем Его воскресения.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - depuis le moment où Jean l’a baptisé jusqu’au jour où il a été enlevé du milieu de nous. Cet homme sera ainsi, avec nous, un témoin de sa résurrection.
Nestle Aland 28 - ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος Ἰωάννου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἀνελήμφθη ἀφ’ ἡμῶν, μάρτυρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ σὺν ἡμῖν γενέσθαι ἕνα τούτων.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος Ἰωάννου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἀνελήμφθη ἀφ’ ἡμῶν, μάρτυρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ σὺν ἡμῖν, γενέσθαι ἕνα τούτων.
Nova Versão Internacional - desde o batismo de João até o dia em que Jesus foi elevado dentre nós às alturas. É preciso que um deles seja conosco testemunha de sua ressurreição.”
Hoffnung für alle - angefangen von dem Tag, an dem Jesus von Johannes getauft wurde, bis zu dem Tag, an dem Gott ihn zu sich nahm. Denn zusammen mit uns soll er bezeugen, dass Jesus auferstanden ist.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - từ lúc Giăng bắt đầu làm báp-tem cho đến ngày Chúa về trời. Phải cử một người hiệp với chúng ta làm chứng cho mọi người biết Chúa Giê-xu đã sống lại.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ตั้งแต่บัพติศมาของยอห์นจนถึงเวลาที่พระเยซูถูกรับขึ้นไปจากเรา เพราะคนนี้จะต้องเป็นพยานร่วมกับเราว่าพระองค์ได้คืนพระชนม์แล้ว”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - นับตั้งแต่เวลาที่ยอห์นทำพิธีบัพติศมาให้แก่พระเยซู จนถึงเวลาที่พระองค์ถูกรับขึ้นไปจากเรา เพราะผู้ที่จะได้รับเลือกต้องเป็นพยานร่วมกับเราถึงการฟื้นคืนชีวิตของพระองค์”

交叉引用

Luke 3:1 - In the fifteenth year of the rule of Caesar Tiberius—it was while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea; Herod, ruler of Galilee; his brother Philip, ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias, ruler of Abilene; during the Chief-Priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—John, Zachariah’s son, out in the desert at the time, received a message from God. He went all through the country around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of life-change leading to forgiveness of sins, as described in the words of Isaiah the prophet: Thunder in the desert! “Prepare God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight! Every ditch will be filled in, Every bump smoothed out, The detours straightened out, All the ruts paved over. Everyone will be there to see The parade of God’s salvation.”
Luke 3:7 - When crowds of people came out for baptism because it was the popular thing to do, John exploded: “Brood of snakes! What do you think you’re doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think a little water on your snakeskins is going to deflect God’s judgment? It’s your life that must change, not your skin. And don’t think you can pull rank by claiming Abraham as ‘father.’ Being a child of Abraham is neither here nor there—children of Abraham are a dime a dozen. God can make children from stones if he wants. What counts is your life. Is it green and flourishing? Because if it’s deadwood, it goes on the fire.”
Luke 3:10 - The crowd asked him, “Then what are we supposed to do?”
Luke 3:11 - “If you have two coats, give one away,” he said. “Do the same with your food.”
Luke 3:12 - Tax men also came to be baptized and said, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Luke 3:13 - He told them, “No more extortion—collect only what is required by law.”
Luke 3:14 - Soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He told them, “No harassment, no blackmail—and be content with your rations.”
Luke 3:15 - The interest of the people by now was building. They were all beginning to wonder, “Could this John be the Messiah?”
Luke 3:16 - But John intervened: “I’m baptizing you here in the river. The main character in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will ignite the kingdom life, a fire, the Holy Spirit within you, changing you from the inside out. He’s going to clean house—make a clean sweep of your lives. He’ll place everything true in its proper place before God; everything false he’ll put out with the trash to be burned.”
Luke 3:18 - There was a lot more of this—words that gave strength to the people, words that put heart in them. The Message! But Herod, the ruler, stung by John’s rebuke in the matter of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, capped his long string of evil deeds with this outrage: He put John in jail.
Mark 1:1 - The good news of Jesus Christ—the Message!—begins here, following to the letter the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Watch closely: I’m sending my preacher ahead of you; He’ll make the road smooth for you. Thunder in the desert! Prepare for God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight!
Mark 1:4 - John the Baptizer appeared in the wild, preaching a baptism of life-change that leads to forgiveness of sins. People thronged to him from Judea and Jerusalem and, as they confessed their sins, were baptized by him in the Jordan River into a changed life. John wore a camel-hair habit, tied at the waist with a leather belt. He ate locusts and wild field honey.
Mark 1:7 - As he preached he said, “The real action comes next: The star in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will change your life. I’m baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a kingdom life. His baptism—a holy baptism by the Holy Spirit—will change you from the inside out.”
Matthew 3:1 - While Jesus was living in the Galilean hills, John, called “the Baptizer,” was preaching in the desert country of Judea. His message was simple and austere, like his desert surroundings: “Change your life. God’s kingdom is here.”
Matthew 3:3 - John and his message were authorized by Isaiah’s prophecy: Thunder in the desert! Prepare for God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight!
Matthew 3:4 - John dressed in a camel-hair habit tied at the waist by a leather strap. He lived on a diet of locusts and wild field honey. People poured out of Jerusalem, Judea, and the Jordanian countryside to hear and see him in action. There at the Jordan River those who came to confess their sins were baptized into a changed life.
Matthew 3:7 - When John realized that a lot of Pharisees and Sadducees were showing up for a baptismal experience because it was becoming the popular thing to do, he exploded: “Brood of snakes! What do you think you’re doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think a little water on your snakeskins is going to make any difference? It’s your life that must change, not your skin! And don’t think you can pull rank by claiming Abraham as father. Being a descendant of Abraham is neither here nor there. Descendants of Abraham are a dime a dozen. What counts is your life. Is it green and flourishing? Because if it’s deadwood, it goes on the fire.
Matthew 3:11 - “I’m baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a kingdom life. The real action comes next: The main character in this drama—compared to him I’m a mere stagehand—will ignite the kingdom life within you, a fire within you, the Holy Spirit within you, changing you from the inside out. He’s going to clean house—make a clean sweep of your lives. He’ll place everything true in its proper place before God; everything false he’ll put out with the trash to be burned.” * * *
Matthew 3:13 - Jesus then appeared, arriving at the Jordan River from Galilee. He wanted John to baptize him. John objected, “I’m the one who needs to be baptized, not you!”
Matthew 3:15 - But Jesus insisted. “Do it. God’s work, putting things right all these centuries, is coming together right now in this baptism.” So John did it.
Matthew 3:16 - The moment Jesus came up out of the baptismal waters, the skies opened up and he saw God’s Spirit—it looked like a dove—descending and landing on him. And along with the Spirit, a voice: “This is my Son, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life.”
John 1:28 - These conversations took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing at the time.
John 1:29 - The very next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and yelled out, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb! He forgives the sins of the world! This is the man I’ve been talking about, ‘the One who comes after me but is really ahead of me.’ I knew nothing about who he was—only this: that my task has been to get Israel ready to recognize him as the God-Revealer. That is why I came here baptizing with water, giving you a good bath and scrubbing sins from your life so you can get a fresh start with God.”
John 1:32 - John clinched his witness with this: “I watched the Spirit, like a dove flying down out of the sky, making himself at home in him. I repeat, I know nothing about him except this: The One who authorized me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One on whom you see the Spirit come down and stay, this One will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ That’s exactly what I saw happen, and I’m telling you, there’s no question about it: This is the Son of God.”
John 1:35 - The next day John was back at his post with two disciples, who were watching. He looked up, saw Jesus walking nearby, and said, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb.”
John 1:37 - The two disciples heard him and went after Jesus. Jesus looked over his shoulder and said to them, “What are you after?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
John 1:39 - He replied, “Come along and see for yourself.” They came, saw where he was living, and ended up staying with him for the day. It was late afternoon when this happened.
John 1:40 - Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s witness and followed Jesus. The first thing he did after finding where Jesus lived was find his own brother, Simon, telling him, “We’ve found the Messiah” (that is, “Christ”). He immediately led him to Jesus. Jesus took one look up and said, “You’re John’s son, Simon? From now on your name is Cephas” (or Peter, which means “Rock”).
John 1:43 - The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. When he got there, he ran across Philip and said, “Come, follow me.” (Philip’s hometown was Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter.)
John 1:45 - Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, “We’ve found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It’s Jesus, Joseph’s son, the one from Nazareth!” Nathanael said, “Nazareth? You’ve got to be kidding.” But Philip said, “Come, see for yourself.”
John 1:47 - When Jesus saw him coming he said, “There’s a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body.”
John 1:48 - Nathanael said, “Where did you get that idea? You don’t know me.” Jesus answered, “One day, long before Philip called you here, I saw you under the fig tree.”
John 1:49 - Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi! You are the Son of God, the King of Israel!”
John 1:50 - Jesus said, “You’ve become a believer simply because I say I saw you one day sitting under the fig tree? You haven’t seen anything yet! Before this is over you’re going to see heaven open and God’s angels descending to the Son of Man and ascending again.”
Acts 1:9 - These were his last words. As they watched, he was taken up and disappeared in a cloud. They stood there, staring into the empty sky. Suddenly two men appeared—in white robes! They said, “You Galileans!—why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certainly—and mysteriously—as he left.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 就是从约翰施洗起，直到主离开我们被接上升的日子为止，必须从那常与我们作伴的人中立一位与我们同作耶稣复活的见证。”
现代标点和合本 - 就是从约翰施洗起，直到主离开我们被接上升的日子为止，必须从那常与我们做伴的人中立一位与我们同作耶稣复活的见证。”
和合本（拼音版） - 就是从约翰施洗起，直到主离开我们被接上升的日子为止，必须从那常与我们作伴的人中，立一位与我们同作耶稣复活的见证。”
New International Version - beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
New International Reader's Version - That time began when John was baptizing. It ended when Jesus was taken up from us. The one we choose must join us in telling people that Jesus rose from the dead.”
English Standard Version - beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.”
New Living Translation - from the time he was baptized by John until the day he was taken from us. Whoever is chosen will join us as a witness of Jesus’ resurrection.”
Christian Standard Bible - beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us — from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
New American Standard Bible - beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
New King James Version - beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
Amplified Bible - beginning with the baptism by John [at the outset of Jesus’ ministry] until the day when He was taken up from us—one of these men must become a witness with us [to testify] of His resurrection.”
American Standard Version - beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
World English Bible - beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
新標點和合本 - 就是從約翰施洗起，直到主離開我們被接上升的日子為止，必須從那常與我們作伴的人中立一位與我們同作耶穌復活的見證。」
呂振中譯本 - 從約翰之施洗起、到主從我們中間被接上升的日子為止，所有同我們來往的這些人中間、必須有一位、同我們作他復活的見證。』
現代標點和合本 - 就是從約翰施洗起，直到主離開我們被接上升的日子為止，必須從那常與我們做伴的人中立一位與我們同作耶穌復活的見證。」
文理和合譯本 - 自約翰施洗始、至其別我接昇之日、須於常與我儕偕者、選舉一人、同證其復起也、
文理委辦譯本 - 自約翰施洗至耶穌升天之日宜更有一人、共證耶穌復生、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 自約翰施洗、至其別我升天之日、有常與我偕者、必由其中選一人、可與我儕同證耶穌復活、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 即自如望施洗、至其昇天之日、與我同處之人中、遴選一人、共為耶穌復活之見證。』
Новый Русский Перевод - начиная от крещения Иоанна и до того дня, когда Иисус был взят от нас. Он, как и мы, должен быть свидетелем Его воскресения.
Восточный перевод - начиная с того времени, когда Яхия совершил над Ним обряд погружения в воду и до того дня, когда Иса был взят от нас. Он, как и мы, должен быть свидетелем Его воскресения.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - начиная с того времени, когда Яхия совершил над Ним обряд погружения в воду и до того дня, когда Иса был взят от нас. Он, как и мы, должен быть свидетелем Его воскресения.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - начиная с того времени, когда Яхьё совершил над Ним обряд погружения в воду и до того дня, когда Исо был взят от нас. Он, как и мы, должен быть свидетелем Его воскресения.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - depuis le moment où Jean l’a baptisé jusqu’au jour où il a été enlevé du milieu de nous. Cet homme sera ainsi, avec nous, un témoin de sa résurrection.
Nestle Aland 28 - ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος Ἰωάννου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἀνελήμφθη ἀφ’ ἡμῶν, μάρτυρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ σὺν ἡμῖν γενέσθαι ἕνα τούτων.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος Ἰωάννου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἀνελήμφθη ἀφ’ ἡμῶν, μάρτυρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ σὺν ἡμῖν, γενέσθαι ἕνα τούτων.
Nova Versão Internacional - desde o batismo de João até o dia em que Jesus foi elevado dentre nós às alturas. É preciso que um deles seja conosco testemunha de sua ressurreição.”
Hoffnung für alle - angefangen von dem Tag, an dem Jesus von Johannes getauft wurde, bis zu dem Tag, an dem Gott ihn zu sich nahm. Denn zusammen mit uns soll er bezeugen, dass Jesus auferstanden ist.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - từ lúc Giăng bắt đầu làm báp-tem cho đến ngày Chúa về trời. Phải cử một người hiệp với chúng ta làm chứng cho mọi người biết Chúa Giê-xu đã sống lại.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ตั้งแต่บัพติศมาของยอห์นจนถึงเวลาที่พระเยซูถูกรับขึ้นไปจากเรา เพราะคนนี้จะต้องเป็นพยานร่วมกับเราว่าพระองค์ได้คืนพระชนม์แล้ว”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - นับตั้งแต่เวลาที่ยอห์นทำพิธีบัพติศมาให้แก่พระเยซู จนถึงเวลาที่พระองค์ถูกรับขึ้นไปจากเรา เพราะผู้ที่จะได้รับเลือกต้องเป็นพยานร่วมกับเราถึงการฟื้นคืนชีวิตของพระองค์”

Luke 3:1 - In the fifteenth year of the rule of Caesar Tiberius—it was while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea; Herod, ruler of Galilee; his brother Philip, ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias, ruler of Abilene; during the Chief-Priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—John, Zachariah’s son, out in the desert at the time, received a message from God. He went all through the country around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of life-change leading to forgiveness of sins, as described in the words of Isaiah the prophet: Thunder in the desert! “Prepare God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight! Every ditch will be filled in, Every bump smoothed out, The detours straightened out, All the ruts paved over. Everyone will be there to see The parade of God’s salvation.”
Luke 3:7 - When crowds of people came out for baptism because it was the popular thing to do, John exploded: “Brood of snakes! What do you think you’re doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think a little water on your snakeskins is going to deflect God’s judgment? It’s your life that must change, not your skin. And don’t think you can pull rank by claiming Abraham as ‘father.’ Being a child of Abraham is neither here nor there—children of Abraham are a dime a dozen. God can make children from stones if he wants. What counts is your life. Is it green and flourishing? Because if it’s deadwood, it goes on the fire.”
Luke 3:10 - The crowd asked him, “Then what are we supposed to do?”
Luke 3:11 - “If you have two coats, give one away,” he said. “Do the same with your food.”
Luke 3:12 - Tax men also came to be baptized and said, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Luke 3:13 - He told them, “No more extortion—collect only what is required by law.”
Luke 3:14 - Soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He told them, “No harassment, no blackmail—and be content with your rations.”
Luke 3:15 - The interest of the people by now was building. They were all beginning to wonder, “Could this John be the Messiah?”
Luke 3:16 - But John intervened: “I’m baptizing you here in the river. The main character in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will ignite the kingdom life, a fire, the Holy Spirit within you, changing you from the inside out. He’s going to clean house—make a clean sweep of your lives. He’ll place everything true in its proper place before God; everything false he’ll put out with the trash to be burned.”
Luke 3:18 - There was a lot more of this—words that gave strength to the people, words that put heart in them. The Message! But Herod, the ruler, stung by John’s rebuke in the matter of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, capped his long string of evil deeds with this outrage: He put John in jail.
Mark 1:1 - The good news of Jesus Christ—the Message!—begins here, following to the letter the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Watch closely: I’m sending my preacher ahead of you; He’ll make the road smooth for you. Thunder in the desert! Prepare for God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight!
Mark 1:4 - John the Baptizer appeared in the wild, preaching a baptism of life-change that leads to forgiveness of sins. People thronged to him from Judea and Jerusalem and, as they confessed their sins, were baptized by him in the Jordan River into a changed life. John wore a camel-hair habit, tied at the waist with a leather belt. He ate locusts and wild field honey.
Mark 1:7 - As he preached he said, “The real action comes next: The star in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will change your life. I’m baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a kingdom life. His baptism—a holy baptism by the Holy Spirit—will change you from the inside out.”
Matthew 3:1 - While Jesus was living in the Galilean hills, John, called “the Baptizer,” was preaching in the desert country of Judea. His message was simple and austere, like his desert surroundings: “Change your life. God’s kingdom is here.”
Matthew 3:3 - John and his message were authorized by Isaiah’s prophecy: Thunder in the desert! Prepare for God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight!
Matthew 3:4 - John dressed in a camel-hair habit tied at the waist by a leather strap. He lived on a diet of locusts and wild field honey. People poured out of Jerusalem, Judea, and the Jordanian countryside to hear and see him in action. There at the Jordan River those who came to confess their sins were baptized into a changed life.
Matthew 3:7 - When John realized that a lot of Pharisees and Sadducees were showing up for a baptismal experience because it was becoming the popular thing to do, he exploded: “Brood of snakes! What do you think you’re doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think a little water on your snakeskins is going to make any difference? It’s your life that must change, not your skin! And don’t think you can pull rank by claiming Abraham as father. Being a descendant of Abraham is neither here nor there. Descendants of Abraham are a dime a dozen. What counts is your life. Is it green and flourishing? Because if it’s deadwood, it goes on the fire.
Matthew 3:11 - “I’m baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a kingdom life. The real action comes next: The main character in this drama—compared to him I’m a mere stagehand—will ignite the kingdom life within you, a fire within you, the Holy Spirit within you, changing you from the inside out. He’s going to clean house—make a clean sweep of your lives. He’ll place everything true in its proper place before God; everything false he’ll put out with the trash to be burned.” * * *
Matthew 3:13 - Jesus then appeared, arriving at the Jordan River from Galilee. He wanted John to baptize him. John objected, “I’m the one who needs to be baptized, not you!”
Matthew 3:15 - But Jesus insisted. “Do it. God’s work, putting things right all these centuries, is coming together right now in this baptism.” So John did it.
Matthew 3:16 - The moment Jesus came up out of the baptismal waters, the skies opened up and he saw God’s Spirit—it looked like a dove—descending and landing on him. And along with the Spirit, a voice: “This is my Son, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life.”
John 1:28 - These conversations took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing at the time.
John 1:29 - The very next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and yelled out, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb! He forgives the sins of the world! This is the man I’ve been talking about, ‘the One who comes after me but is really ahead of me.’ I knew nothing about who he was—only this: that my task has been to get Israel ready to recognize him as the God-Revealer. That is why I came here baptizing with water, giving you a good bath and scrubbing sins from your life so you can get a fresh start with God.”
John 1:32 - John clinched his witness with this: “I watched the Spirit, like a dove flying down out of the sky, making himself at home in him. I repeat, I know nothing about him except this: The One who authorized me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One on whom you see the Spirit come down and stay, this One will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ That’s exactly what I saw happen, and I’m telling you, there’s no question about it: This is the Son of God.”
John 1:35 - The next day John was back at his post with two disciples, who were watching. He looked up, saw Jesus walking nearby, and said, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb.”
John 1:37 - The two disciples heard him and went after Jesus. Jesus looked over his shoulder and said to them, “What are you after?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
John 1:39 - He replied, “Come along and see for yourself.” They came, saw where he was living, and ended up staying with him for the day. It was late afternoon when this happened.
John 1:40 - Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s witness and followed Jesus. The first thing he did after finding where Jesus lived was find his own brother, Simon, telling him, “We’ve found the Messiah” (that is, “Christ”). He immediately led him to Jesus. Jesus took one look up and said, “You’re John’s son, Simon? From now on your name is Cephas” (or Peter, which means “Rock”).
John 1:43 - The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. When he got there, he ran across Philip and said, “Come, follow me.” (Philip’s hometown was Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter.)
John 1:45 - Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, “We’ve found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It’s Jesus, Joseph’s son, the one from Nazareth!” Nathanael said, “Nazareth? You’ve got to be kidding.” But Philip said, “Come, see for yourself.”
John 1:47 - When Jesus saw him coming he said, “There’s a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body.”
John 1:48 - Nathanael said, “Where did you get that idea? You don’t know me.” Jesus answered, “One day, long before Philip called you here, I saw you under the fig tree.”
John 1:49 - Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi! You are the Son of God, the King of Israel!”
John 1:50 - Jesus said, “You’ve become a believer simply because I say I saw you one day sitting under the fig tree? You haven’t seen anything yet! Before this is over you’re going to see heaven open and God’s angels descending to the Son of Man and ascending again.”
Acts 1:9 - These were his last words. As they watched, he was taken up and disappeared in a cloud. They stood there, staring into the empty sky. Suddenly two men appeared—in white robes! They said, “You Galileans!—why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certainly—and mysteriously—as he left.”