Matthew 3:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

In those days] i.e. 26 a.d. The wilderness of Judaea] a desert tract about 10 m. wide to the W. of the Dead Sea, including also the W. bank of the Jordan near its mouth. The chief towns in it were Engedi and Tekoa.

Matthew 3:1

1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,