Where did Jesus go after his baptism?

Matthew 4:1, "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil."

Mark 1:12, "At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, and he was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan."

Luke 4:1-2, "Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil..."

John 1:35-2:2, "The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, 'Look, the Lamb of God!' ...The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, 'Follow me.' ...On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding."

According to the three synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), after his baptism in the Jordan River, Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the desert for forty days to be tempted by Satan. However, according to the gospel of John, he stayed in the region for another day and then went to Galilee where he attended a wedding.


        "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)
        "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)

Holier Than Thou
[ Bible Contradictions | Home | Search | Links | Glossary | Copyright | E-mail ]