New Revised Standard Version
In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,

Contemporary English Version
Years later, John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea.

New American Bible
In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea

Douay-Rheims Bible
And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.

And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.

those.

Luke 3:1,2 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina: . . .

John.

Matthew 11:11 Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matthew 14:2-12 And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him. . . .

Matthew 16:14 But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

Matthew 17:12,13 But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, But have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them. . . .

Matthew 21:25-27,32 The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying: . . .

Mark 1:4,15 John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins. . . .

Mark 6:16-29 Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead. . . .

Luke 1:13-17,76 But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is heard: and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son. And thou shalt call his name John. . . .

Luke 3:2-20 Under the high priests Anna and Caiphas: the word of the Lord was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert. . . .

John 1:6-8,15-36 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. . . .

John 3:27-36 John answered and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven. . . .

Acts 1:22 Beginning from the baptism of John, until the day wherein he was taken up from us, one of these must be made a witness with us of his resurrection.

Acts 13:24,25 John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel. . . .

Acts 19:3,4 And he said: In what then were you baptized? Who said: In John's baptism. . . .

preaching.

Isaiah 40:3-6 The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God. . . .

Mark 1:7 And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

Luke 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias: that he may turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children and the incredulous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto the Lord a perfect people.

the wilderness.

Matthew 11:7 And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?

Joshua 14:10 The Lord therefore hath granted me life, as he promised until this present day, It is forty and five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel journeyed through the wilderness: this day I am eighty-five years old,

Joshua 15:61,62 In the desert Betharaba, Meddin and Sachacha, . . .

Luke 7:24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak to the multitudes concerning John. What went ye out into the desert to see? A reed shaken with the wind?