So, was His departure into the desert immediately after His baptism, or some time afterwards? We find the answer in the next section. This can be immediately, or shortly afterwards, or even in the future. ‘Then’, tote, means ‘then’ or ‘at that time’. “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.” (4:1) “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”

This short article will look at the evidence to reach a biblical conclusion. Yet, if people are so ignorant as to believe the Bible is contradictory, there is a need to publish it! We will look at the other texts first, before looking at John 1. The answer is ridiculously simple – which is why I initially did not want to publish it as an article. The question being dealt with is: When did Jesus go into the wilderness, given that there appears to be a discrepancy between the information given in John1 and the other Gospels? We will see that there is no discrepancy at all.

Did Jesus go into the desert immediately after being baptised? I was not going to write this information as an article, until I was persuaded otherwise by one of our church members, who reminded me that atheists and pseudo-Christians will use any excuse to oppose scripture. I was asked this question on a Sunday when we were studying John 1.

Jesus went into the wilderness to pray