'Wilderness' in the Bible

And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

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

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

Yet Jesus himself frequently withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.

When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?