And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
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On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Mat 4:1-11. Luk 4:2 Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are…
Adam Clarke
Was led by the Spirit - Or, And was carried about, ηγετο. Matthew says, ανηχθη, he was brought up. Mark says, the Spirit driveth him εκβαλλει - putteth him forth. But each of the evangelists…
The last words of the foregoing chapter, that Jesus was the Son of Adam, bespeak him to be the seed of the woman; being so, we have here, according to the promise, breaking the serpent's head,…
Cambridge Bible
Luk 4:1-13. The Temptation
1. being full of the Holy Ghost Omit -being." St Luke often calls special attention to the work of the Spirit, Luk 3:22; Luk 4:14; Act 6:3; Act 7:55; Act 11:24. The…
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