"Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after He had fasted forty days and ...

According to Dr. Ecker, “This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus.” The defendants in this ancient legal drama were two men named Gadalias and Saulos.

John the Baptist preached in the wilderness, telling people to repent ... Matthew records that when Jesus asked John to baptise him, John was reluctant to do so. This could be for the following ...