Matthew 24:26

If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

Acts 21:38

Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land?

Isaiah 40:3

A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.

Matthew 3:1

And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

Luke 3:2-3

When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.

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Summary

Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

General references

Bible References

He is in the desert

Matthew 3:1
And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,
Isaiah 40:3
A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.
Luke 3:2
When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.
Acts 21:38
Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land?

General references

Luke 17:23
And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

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