Mark 1:12-13

¹²At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness,h

¹³and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.

Mark 1 launches the Gospel with explosive urgency. John the Baptist prepares the way in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming one greater to come. Jesus appears, is baptized, and immediately driven into the wilderness for testing. He then bursts onto the scene in Galilee, callin