Luke 3:2-4 in the pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas, a word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ² in the pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas, a word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness, ³ and he went into all the country along the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation for a forgiveness of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord: make the roads for him straight.