Mark 1:2

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says Yahweh of hosts.

“This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way before You.’

“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, For you will go on before the Lord to make ready His ways,

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.”

after John had preached before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.