πρὸ προσώπου is only the rendering of the Hebrew לפני = at the face of, and means no more than πρό, and the A.V. has rightly rendered it only by before.

βάπτισμα μετανοίας, the baptism of repentance, i.e. baptism which was to be an outward sign of an inner change of life and mind. Cf. Mark 1:4.

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Old Testament