And saying,
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.
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Bede
AD 735
Let no one, however, suppose that the putting of John in prison took place immediately after the forty days 'temptation and the fast of the Lord; for whosoever reads the Gospel of John will find, that the Lord taught many things before the putting of John inprison, and also did many miracles; for you have in his Gospel, “This beginning of miracles did Jesus;” Now it is said that when John read the books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, he approved indeed the text of the history, and affirmed that they had spoken truth, but said that they had composed the history of only one year after John was cast into prison, in which year also he suffered. Passing over then the year of which the transactions had been published by the three others, he related the events of the former period, before John was cast into prison. When therefore Mark had said that “Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the kingdom,” he subjoins, “saying, Since the time is fulfilled”.
“Repent,” therefore, “and believe; "that is, renounce dead works; for of what use is believing without good works? The merit of good works does not, however, bring to faith, but faith begins, that good works may follow.
