Marc 1.4-15 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Luc 3.2-3 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Ioan 1.28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Ios 14.10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.