These events took place on the east bank of the Jordan, lying beyond the Sanhedrin's authority, in an area under Herod Antipas' rule.
Mambo haya yalifanyika mashariki ya ukingo wa mto Yordani, nje ya mamlaka ya baraza la wazee wa Sanhedrin, sehemu iliyokuwa chini ya utawala wa Herode Antipa. Hivyo Wajumbe hawakuweza kumkamata Mbatizaji na kumleta ahukumiwe pale Jerusalem.