26 »If they say, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ or, ‘He is in the inner chambers,’ do not believe it.
Matthew 24:26 Cross References - NSB
Isaiah 40:3
3 A voice of one calling: »In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Matthew 3:1
1 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming:
2 This was in the time when Annas and Caiaphas were chief priests. The word of God was delivered to John the son of Zechariah. He was in the wilderness.
3 John traveled in the region near the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Acts 21:38
38 »Are you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand assassins into the desert?«