Mark 1:13

And he was there in the wilderness forty days,.... The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions add, "and forty nights": for so long was he there,

tempted of Satan: the several temptations of…

Here Mark relates concisely what Matthew has recorded more at length in Mark 4. The Spirit driveth - The word “driveth” does not mean that he was compelled forcibly against his will to go there, but…

With the wild beasts - This is a curious circumstance, which is mentioned by none of the other evangelists; and seems to intimate that he was in the most remote, unfrequented, and savage part of the…

We have here a brief account of Christ's baptism and temptation, which were largely related Mt. 3 and 4.

I. His baptism, which was his first public appearance, after he had long lived obscurely in…

tempted of Satan In Mat 4:1 and Luk 4:2, He is said to have been tempted by the Devil, i. e. the "Slanderer," who slanders God to man (Gen 3:1-5) and man to God (Job 1:9-11; Rev 12:10). St Mark, who…