In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea;

In the desert came John who baptized, and preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the Desert.

And the child grew, and became strong in the Spirit, and remained in the desert till the day of his showing to Israel.

For Jesus was already commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him and held him, and they again and again kept him under guard, and put him in chains and fetters. But he would break his bonds asunder, as he was driven by the demon in to the desert.