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John, you see, is the person spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, when he said,

The voice of someone shouting in the desert:
“Prepare the route that the Lord will take,
straighten out his paths!”

John himself had clothing made from camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. Jerusalem, all Judaea, and the whole area around the Jordan, were going off to him.

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