John the Baptist

[John V]

Well, if you're going to invoke this argument from ignorance, that Jesus had an entire ministry that the Synoptics chose to omit for some reason, then you also need to be prepared to claim that:

1. There were two baptisms by John the Baptist

Why is that?

2. That there were two times that Jesus drew Andrew and Peter into discipleship.

Neither of the John passages quoted show Jesus drawing Andrew and Peter into discipleship. You're reading that into those passages.

3. That there were two temple cleansings*

Doesn't bother me.