Then the Devil left him. Luke adds: "for a while." When the Devil is opposed, he flees. Angels came. When he had opposed the Tempter and won the battle, heavenly messengers came to help with food and also with spiritual comfort.
Verse Matthew 4:11. _BEHOLD, ANGELS CAME AND MINISTERED UNTO HIM._] That is, brought that food which was necessary to support nature. The name given to Satan in the third verse is very emphatic, ο π...
THEN THE DEVIL LEAVETH HIM - He left him for a time, Luke 4:13. He intended to return again to the temptation, and, if possible, to seduce him yet from God. Compare John 14:30; Luke 22:53. See the not...
4. THE TESTING OF THE KING AND HIS TESTIMONY. _ 1. The Testing by the Devil. (Matthew 4:1 .) 2. His Testimony and His Disciples. (Matthew 4:12 .) 3. The Powers of the Kingdom. (Matthew 4:23 .)_ CHAP...
THE TEMPTATION (Mark 1:12 f.*, Luke 4:1 *). Jesus'sudden recognition of His Sonship or Messiah-ship and of the responsibility thus laid upon Him, found natural expression in His retirement into solitu...
IV. MINISTERING ANGELS.- 11. THEN THE DEVIL LEAVETH HIM. Luke adds, "for. season," for the defeated enemy was not ready to give up the conflict, was. chief counsellor among the enemies of Christ. Wh...
THE TESTING TIME (Matthew 4:1-11) Step by step Matthew unfolds the story of Jesus. He begins by showing us how Jesus was born into this world. He goes on to show us, at least by implication, that Jes...
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After he had deliberately gone without food for forty days and forty nights he was hungry. So the tempter came and said...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), for emphasis. ANGELS CAME, &C. Thus closing the whole of the Temptations. No such ministration at the end of the third temptation in Luke 4:13....
Matthew 4:1-11. The Temptation of Jesus. Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13 St Mark's account is short; the various temptations are not specified; he adds the striking expression "he was with the wild beasts....
ΔΙΗΚΌΝΟΥΝ, from διακονέω. The Attic form of the imperfect is ἐδιακόνουν; but διηκόνουν is possibly a right reading, Eur. _Cycl._ 406. διακονεῖν is strictly to ‘serve at table,’ ‘minister food,’ hence...
THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13. St Mark’s account is short; the various temptations are not specified; he adds the striking expression ἦν μετὰ τῶν θηρίων. St Luke places the tempt...
VER 8. AGAIN, THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN, AND SHEWETH HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD, AND THE GLORY OF THEM; 9. AND SAITH UNTO HIM, "ALL THESE THINGS WILL I GIVE THEE,...
_JESUS WAS A TEMPTED SAVIOR MATTHEW 4:1-11:_ At this point Jesus began His preaching ministry as described in Isaiah 61:1. "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to...
ΆΦΊΗΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) оставлять, удаляться, ΠΡΟΣΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4334) приходить, ΔΙΗΚΌΝΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΈΩ (G1247) обслуживать, ухаживать,...
MINISTERED UNTO HIM— The Greek word διακονειν signifies _to serve_ or _wait upon_ in general, and so to _wait at table._ See chap. Matthew 8:15.Luke 17:8; Luke 17:37. As _one celestial spirit_ might h...
CHAPTER FOUR Section 7. JESUS IS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (Parallels: Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13) TEXT: 4:1-11 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2....
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. THEN THE DEVIL LEAVETH HIM. Luke says, "And when the devil had exhausted" - or, 'quite ended' [ suntelesas (G4931)], as...
16-17 Compare Joh_1:32-34. 16 As God's Spirit has no material form it is figured to us in various ways, which suggest its force and significance. It is usually presented as a blast of air, for this is...
4:11 ministered (n-11) _ Diakoneo_ , as ch. 27.55; and 'serve,' ch. 20.28....
THE TEMPTATION 1-11. The temptation (Mark 1:12; Luke 4:1). The narrative, which can only have come from our Lord's own lips, describes an actual historical fact, the great temptation which He underwen...
MINISTERED UNTO HIM] i.e. perhaps with spiritual refreshment. Cp. Luke 22:43. Note. (1) St. Matthew and St. Luke for the Temptation have access to some other authority than St. Mark, who is here very...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 THE DEVIL TESTS JESUS 4:1-11 V1 The *Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert. The devil tested Jesus while he was there. V2 For 40 d...
ANGELS CAME AND MINISTERED UNTO HIM. — The tenses of the two verbs differ, the latter implying continued or repeated ministrations. Here also we are in the region of the spiritual life, and must be co...
CHAPTER 5 His Temptation - Matthew 4:1 MUCH has been written on the possibility of temptation in the experience of a sinless Being. The difficulties which have been raised in this region are chiefly...
τότε ἀφίησιν : _then_, when the peremptory ὕπαγε had been spoken. Nothing was to be made of one who would not do evil that good might come. καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄγγελοι. The angels were ministering to Him, with f...
_The Temptation_ (Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)....
TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL Matthew 4:1-11 _Then_ marks the close connection between the heavenly voice of the baptism and the fiery ordeal of the forty days. Notice that temptation is not in itself sin; on...
"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens, He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodne...
Then the devil having exhausted all his artifices, left hem for a time, as St. Luke remarks; whence we are to learn, that after we have resisted with success, we are not to think ourselves secure, but...
THE TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13. Matthew says that _“He was led by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.”_ Mark says: “The Spirit immediately impels Him away...
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. The subject of CHRIST'S temptations, is a subject attended with much difficulty thoroughly to explain. One of the great ca...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_A LIFELONG CAMPAIGN_ ‘Then the devil leaveth Him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto Him.’ Matthew 4:11 The long trial in the wilderness was over. Our Lord had met and had resisted the t...
11._Then the devil leaveth him. _Luke expresses more: _when all the temptation had been finished. _This means, that no truce or relaxation was granted to Christ, till he had been fully tried by every...
Having thus, in grace, taken up His position as man on earth, He commences His earthly career, being led of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The righteous and holy man, the S...
THEN THE DEVIL LEAVETH HIM,.... In Luke 4:13 it says, WHEN THE DEVIL HAD ENDED ALL THE TEMPTATION, HE DEPARTED FROM HIM FOR A SEASON, OR UNTIL A SEASON. That is, having tempted him with all sorts of...
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. Ver. 11. _Then the devil left him_] If Christ command him away, there is no abiding for him. Here he was foiled and queri...
_Then the devil_ Being so baffled and confounded as not to be able to present any other temptation which seemed more likely to prevail, _leaveth him_ Namely, for a season, as Luke observes meditating...
If we steadfastly resist his temptations by refusing to comply with them, and follow the directions of Scripture, the tempter will flee from us, James 4:7, and we shall secure the assistance of good a...
This last demonstration of almighty authority decided the day: THEN THE DEVIL LEAVETH HIM; AND, BEHOLD, ANGELS CAME AND MINISTERED UNTO HIM. The enemy's rout was complete, the glorious supremacy of th...
There could be no doubt therefore that He would fulfil this virtual pledge to bear their sins on Calvary. Notice too that the Father approves Him in this unqualified way before His being tested by Sat...
1-11 Concerning Christ's temptation, observe, that directly after he was declared to be the Son of God, and the Saviour of the world, he was tempted; great privileges, and special tokens of Divine fa...
_ Resist the devil, _ saith James, JAMES 4:7, _and he shall flee from you._ Thus he did from the Head, thus he shall do from the members: but as he did not flee from Christ till commanded away, so nei...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X And those who attended to the net which was cast into the sea are Jesus Christ, the master of the net, and "the angels who came and ministered unto Him,"[54]...
Matthew 4:11 Then G5119 devil G1228 left G863 (G5719) Him G846 and G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) angels...
JESUS FACES UP TO HIS FUTURE IN THE WILDERNESS (4:1-11). The most momentous moment of His conscious life to date having taken place, Jesus will now have to face up to what it involves. For having bee...
‘Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.' And then in obedience to Jesus' dismissal Satan left him (for a while) and angels came and ministered to Him. How they...
The threefold temptation by Satan; the threefold victory over Satan. He who came ‘to destroy the works of the devil,' triumphs over him in personal conflict. This was the Messiah's _trial_ and _probat...
Matthew 4:11. LEAVETH HIM. Luke (Luke 4:13), ‘for a season.' He was tempted again and again; at last in Gethsemane and on the cross. ANGELS. Spiritual beings, probably in visible form on this occasi...
THEN THE DEVIL LEAVETH HIM (τοτε αφιησιν αυτον ο διαβολος). Note the use of "then" (τοτε) again and the historical present. The movement is swift. "And behold" (κα ιδου) as so often in Matthew carr...
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Matthew 4:1 I. One cannot help thinking and wondering why this temptation should take place, and though all the reasons cannot be known, some of them we think we can see. We know there is a devil. Per...
Matthew 4:11 The final repulse of the tempter was accompanied by a command, "Get thee hence, Satan." And we may well conceive that this command was to the enemy a word of power, which he might not dis...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil._ He had just been baptized, the Spirit of God had descended upon him, and the Father had borne witnes...
CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus' public ministry begun. Call of first disciples. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The Word of God is t...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit,_ υπο του πνευματος, the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek article, and declared in the verses preseding. _Led into the wilderness,_ where he was...
_The devil leaveth him._ THE END OF THE TEMPTATION I. Satan’s departure on the side of Christ. Christ had repelled Satan in the third temptation in quite a different way from that in the previous co...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:1 Jesus the Messiah Begins to Advance the Messianic Kingdom. Jesus triumphs over the devil in the wilderness (vv. Matthew 4:1), proclaims the kingdom
SATAN TEMPS JESUS IN THE DESERT MATTHEW 4:1-11; MARK 1:12-13; LUKE 4:1-13; MATTHEW 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness t
CHAPTER 4 _By the devil_. Syriac, _by the accuser_, Gr. _διάβολος_, _accuser_, _calumniator_. For Satan is he who accuses men before God perpetually, that he may gain them for himself and Gehenna. _T...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS—GENERAL REMARKS _There is only one way of understanding the narrative_, viz. as the history of a real occurrence, of an actual temptation of our Lord by the d...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 4:1 THE TEMPTATION. The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of himself for the work of the kingdom does not exclude temptation, but rather necessitates it. Psychologica...
Chapter Four Then was Jesus led of the Spirit into the wilderness (Matthew 4:1) Immediately, He is now being led by the Spirit, walking after the Spirit. The New Testament has so much to say to us co...
1 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 1:14; Hebrews 1:6; John 14:30; Luke 22:43;...
THE TEMPTATION (NO. 2) Matthew 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. "THEN" the word holds our attention. "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." The word "then" c...
Angels came and waited upon him — Both to supply him with food, and to congratulate his victory....
Observe here, 1. The issue of this combat; Satan is conquered, and quits the field! THEN THE DEVIL LEAVETH HIM: teaching us, That nothing like. vigorous resistance of temptation causes the tempter to...