3:1 In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness 1 of Judea proclaiming,
1:1 This is the record of the genealogy 2 of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
1 tn Or “desert.”
2 tn Grk “the book of the genealogy.” The noun βίβλος (biblo"), though it is without the article, is to be translated as definite due to Apollonius’ corollary and the normal use of anarthrous nouns in titles.