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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 1:12,13

The Temptation in the Wilderness (1:12-13).

This is an essential part of the introduction. It is a reminder that the way ahead will not be smooth. Jesus has not come simply to reveal the power of God. His coming involves Him in being fully involved in temptation, for the battle is in the end a moral one. And it is a reminder that as Man, and as God's Anointed One, He must face the consequences of being involved in a sinful world, and must overcome, whether it be over Satan and his testings, or over the wild beasts of unredeemed mankind (Daniel 7:3; Revelation 13:1; Revelation 13:11).

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Gospels Compared

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Driveth him forth [α υ τ ο ν ε κ β α λ λ ε ι]. Vivid word, bolder than Matthew's "was led up" [α ν ε χ θ ε] and Luke's "was led" [ε γ ε τ ο]. It is the same word employed in the driving out of demons...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    IMMEDIATELY, That is, 1. After his baptism. Christ is no sooner out of the water of baptism, but he is in the fire of temptation: such as are baptized with Christ, and entered into the profession of c...

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