John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching (proclaiming) a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness (desert), preaching a baptism [obligating] repentance (a change of one's mind for the better, heartily amending one's ways, with abhorrence of his past sins) in order to obtain forgiveness of and release from sins.
There came upon the human scene, John the Baptizer, in the uninhabited region, making a public proclamation with that formality, gravity, and authority which must be heeded and obeyed, of a baptism which had to do with a change of mind relative to the previous life an individual lived, this baptism being in view of the fact that sins are put away.
For John came and began to baptise men in the desert, proclaiming baptism as the mark of a complete change of heart and of the forgiveness of sins.
John the Baptizer appeared in the desert and was preaching a baptism conditioned on repentance to obtain the forgiveness of sins.
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