“Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.”
During the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness — the double high-priesthood identifies the religious establishment at the moment John appears. The word of God came (egeneto rhēma theou) is the standard Old Testament prophetic commission formula (Jeremiah 1:1–2, Ezekiel 1:3). The wilderness is where the word comes and where the ministry begins — the same arena as Israel's formation, Elijah's retreat, and Jesus' testing.
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