This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught the things about Jesus accurately, although he knew only John’s baptism.

这人已经在主的道上受了教训，心里火热，将耶稣的事详细讲论教训人；只是他单晓得约翰的洗礼。

这人已经在主的道路上受了训练，心里火热，精确地讲论和教导耶稣的事；可是他只知道约翰的洗礼。

这人已经在主的道路上受了训练，心里火热，精确地讲论和教导耶稣的事；可是他只知道约翰的洗礼。

他在主的道上曾受过栽培，心里火热，能正确地讲解和教导有关耶稣的事，但他只知道约翰的洗礼。

这人在主的道上受过训练，心灵火热，很准确地讲论，并且教导人关于耶稣的事，但他只晓得约翰的洗礼。

这个人已经在主的道上受了教导，灵里火热，并仔细地讲论和教导有关耶稣的事，可是他只知道约翰的洗礼。

這人已經在主的道上受了教訓，心裏火熱，將耶穌的事詳細講論教訓人；只是他單曉得約翰的洗禮。

這人已經在主的道路上受了訓練，心裏火熱，精確地講論和教導耶穌的事；可是他只知道約翰的洗禮。

這人已經在主的道路上受了訓練，心裏火熱，精確地講論和教導耶穌的事；可是他只知道約翰的洗禮。

他在主的道上曾受過栽培，心裡火熱，能正確地講解和教導有關耶穌的事，但他只知道約翰的洗禮。

這人在主的道上受過訓練，心靈火熱，很準確地講論，並且教導人關於耶穌的事，但他只曉得約翰的洗禮。

這個人曾經在主的道路上受訓練，他心靈火熱，將關於耶穌的事詳確地講論、教訓人，卻單單曉得約翰的洗禮。

這個人已經在主的道上受了教導，靈裡火熱，並仔細地講論和教導有關耶穌的事，可是他只知道約翰的洗禮。

其人博學、諳於諸經、嘗受訓於主道、且銳志以耶穌之事、詳言誨人、惟知約翰之洗而已、

此人學主道、以主之事、銳志訓人、備極精詳、惟知約翰施洗而已、

此人曾學主道、心熱志銳、以主之事詳細辯論而訓人、但知約翰之洗禮而已、

雖僅知如望之洗、而於主之道亦曾領教、秉一片熱忱、闡述耶穌、所言精確。

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John.

Apollos had been taught the way of the Lord. He spoke with great power. He taught the truth about Jesus. But he only knew about John’s baptism.

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

He had been taught the way of the Lord, and he taught others about Jesus with an enthusiastic spirit and with accuracy. However, he knew only about John’s baptism.

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only John’s baptism.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John;

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

“ Then what baptism were you baptized with?” he asked them.“ With John’s baptism,” they replied.

Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord.

When they came, they said to Him,“ Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality but teach truthfully the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

The Lord is good and upright; therefore He shows sinners the way.He leads the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.

This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths: Which is the way to what is good? Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested,“ We won’t!”

“ As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you. I will teach you the good and right way.

As she followed Paul and us she cried out,“ These men, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation, are the slaves of the Most High God.”

How happy are those whose way is blameless, who live according to the Lord’s instruction!

Let whoever is wise understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognize them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

This is John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him,“ Who are you?”He did not refuse to answer, but he declared:“ I am not the Messiah.”“ What then?” they asked him.“ Are you Elijah?”“ I am not,” he said.“ Are you the Prophet?”“ No,” he answered.“ Who are you, then?” they asked.“ We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?”He said,“ I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord— just as Isaiah the prophet said.”Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.So they asked him,“ Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”“ I baptize with water,” John answered them.“ Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him.He is the One coming after me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”All this happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said,“ Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!This is the One I told you about:‘ After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’I didn’t know Him, but I came baptizing with water so He might be revealed to Israel.”And John testified,“ I watched the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He rested on Him.I didn’t know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me,‘ The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on— He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!”Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.When he saw Jesus passing by, he said,“ Look! The Lamb of God!”

We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me.

But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them and met separately with the disciples, conducting discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judeaand saying,“ Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight!John himself had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were flocking to him,and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them,“ Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.And don’t presume to say to yourselves,‘ We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.“ I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.But John tried to stop Him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?”Jesus answered him,“ Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him to be baptized.After Jesus was baptized, He went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on Him.And there came a voice from heaven: This is My beloved Son. I take delight in Him!

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

I did this to test Israel and to see whether they would keep the Lord’s way by walking in it, as their fathers had.”

For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him.”

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the recruiter.

During that time there was a major disturbance about the Way.

( And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

and said,“ You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight!

A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight!Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked will become straight, the rough ways smooth,and everyone will see the salvation of God.He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him,“ Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves,‘ We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”“ What then should we do?” the crowds were asking him.He replied to them,“ The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.”Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him,“ Teacher, what should we do?”He told them,“ Don’t collect any more than what you have been authorized.”Some soldiers also questioned him:“ What should we do?” He said to them,“ Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were debating in their minds whether John might be the Messiah.John answered them all,“ I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.His winnowing shovel is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with a fire that never goes out.”Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people.But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him about Herodias, his brother’s wife, and about all the evil things Herod had done,added this to everything else— he locked John up in prison.When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As He was praying, heaven opened,and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: You are My beloved Son. I take delight in You!As He began His ministry, Jesus was about 30 years old and was thought to be the son of Joseph, son of Heli,son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph,son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai,son of Maath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda,son of Joanan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri,son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er,son of Joshua, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi,son of Simeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim,son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon,son of Amminadab, son of Ram, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah,son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan,son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.