John the Baptist Prepares the Way^(A)

1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah,^[a] the Son of God,^[b](B)

²⁷ And you also must testify,^(A) for you have been with me from the beginning.^(B)

²¹ Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us,

²² beginning from John’s baptism^(A) to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness^(B) with us of his resurrection.”