All the region round about Jordan (πασαν περιχωρον του Ιορδανου). The wilderness was John's abode (1:80) so that he began preachin…

And he came into all the country . . .—The words paint the mission-work of John somewhat more vividly than those of St. Matthew and St. Ma…

Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his…

St. Ambrose of Milan: The Word came, and the voice followed. For the Word first works inward, then the office of the voice fo…

Luke suggests that John had an itinerant ministry. Apparently he not only preached in the desert but followed the Dead Sea coast to the Jordan Rive…

Preaching the baptism of repentance—this form of expression shows first, generally, what is the right use of the Sacraments, and next, why…

And he came into all the country about Jordan
He came out of the wilderness of Judea, where he first began his minis…

The scope and design of John's ministry were to bring the people from their sins and to their Savior. He came preaching, not a sect or party, but a…