Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
PREACHING AND MINISTRY OF JOHN. ( = Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-18). (Matthew 3:1-12)
In those days--of Christ's secluded life at Nazareth, where the last chapter left Him.
came John the Baptist, preaching--about six months before his Master.
in the wilderness of Judea--the desert valley of the Jordan, thinly peopled and bare in pasture, a little north of Jerusalem.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 40:3
Matthew 3:1
Mark 1:1
Mark 1:3
Luke 1:80
Luke 3:1-2
Luke 3:2
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