Isaiah 40:3

3 aA voice cries:
Or  A voice of one crying

c“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
dmake straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Matthew 3:1

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 eIn those days fJohn the Baptist came preaching in gthe wilderness of Judea,

Luke 3:2-3

2during hthe high priesthood of Annas and iCaiaphas, jthe word of God came to kJohn the son of Zechariah in lthe wilderness. 3And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming ma baptism of repentance nfor the forgiveness of sins.

Acts 21:38

38Are you not othe Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out pinto the wilderness?”
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