Probably six months and in A.D. 25. In the Wilderness of Judea and beside the Jordan, §§ 20-23 § 20. THE TIME OF THE BEGINNING Mark 1:1 |Luke 3:1-2 | 1 The beginning of | 1 Now in the fifteenth [a]year of the the gospel of Jesus | reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate Christ, [1]the Son | being governor of Judea, and Herod being God. | tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother | Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituræa | and Trachonitis, and Lysanias[b] tetrarch | 2 Abilene, in the highpriesthood of Annas | and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto | John the son of Zacharias in the | wilderness. [Footnote 1: Some ancient authorities omit _the son of God_.] [Footnote a: See note 6 at end of Harmony.] [Footnote b: See note 6. Luke follows the custom of ancient historians in dating events by the names of the rulers. As the son of a priest John was probably thirty years old when he came forth.] § 21. THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSENGER Mark 1:2-6 |Matt. 3:1-6 |Luke 3:3-6 | | 2 Even as it is | 1 And in those days | 3 And he came into written [1]in Isaiah| cometh John the | all the region the prophet, | Baptist, preaching | round about Jordan, Behold, I send my | in the wilderness of| preaching the messenger before| 2 Judea, saying,[a] | baptism of thy face [_see | Repent ye; for the | repentance unto Mal. 3:1_], | kingdom of heaven is| remission of sins; Who shall prepare | 3 at hand. For this is| 4 as it is written thy way; | he that was spoken | in the book of the 3 The voice of one | of [2]by Isaiah the | words of Isaiah the crying in the | prophet, saying, | prophet, wilderness [_see| The voice of one | The voice of one Isa. 40:3_], | crying in the | crying in the Make ye ready the | wilderness, | wilderness, way of the Lord,| Make ye ready the | Make ye ready the Make his paths | way of the Lord,| way of the straight; | Make his paths | Lord, 4 John came, who | straight. | Make his paths baptized in the | 4 Now John himself had| straight. wilderness and | his raiment of | 5 Every valley preached the baptism| camel's hair, and a | shall be of repentance unto | leathern girdle | filled, remission of sins. | about his loins; and| And every And there went out | his food was locusts| mountain and