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Matthew 4:1

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"Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil."

  • Matthew 4:1 - Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER IV. _Jesus, in the wilderness, is tempted by Satan_, 1-11. _He goes into Galilee_, 12; _and Capernaum_, 13. _The prophecy which was thus fulfilled_, 14-16. _He begins to preach publicly_,...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN WAS JESUS LED UP OF THE SPIRIT - Led up by the Spirit. Luke says Luke 4:1 that Jesus was “full of the Holy Spirit;” and it was by his influence, therefore, that he went into the desert to be temp...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS. -- Matthew 4:1-11. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ He is able to succor them that are tempted._ -- Hebrews 2:18. TIME. --A. D. 26, forty days after the baptism of the Lord. PLACE. --Suppose...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THEN. Immediately after His anointing as Messiah, "the second man" (1 Corinthians 15:47), "the last Adam" (1 Corinthians 15:45), must be tried like "the first man Adam" (1 Corinthians 15:45; 1 Corinth...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _led up of the Spirit_ The agency of the Spirit of God is named in each of the Synoptists. St Mark uses the strong expression "the Spirit driveth him forth." St Luke uses the preposition ἐν (in) denot...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Matthew 4:1 - Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 1. THEN WAS JESUS LED UP OF THE SPIRIT INTO THE WILDERNESS TO BE TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL. 2. AND WHEN HE HAD FASTED FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS, HE WAS AFTERWARD AN HUNGRED. Pseudo-Chrys.: The Lord...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Matthew 4:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1286 CHRIST’S TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil_. THE agency of Satan in the affairs of man cannot be doubted by a...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN WAS JESUS LED UP, &C.— _Then,_ that is to say_,_ immediately after his baptism, _was Jesus led,_ or borne by a strong impulse of the Spirit on his mind, (see Luke 4:14.) _into the wilderness:_ wh...

  • Matthew 4:1 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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....

  • Matthew 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. THEN, [ Tote (G5119)] - an indefinite note of sequence. But Mark's word (Mark 1:12) fixes what we should have pr...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OF THE SPIRIT] i.e. of the Holy Spirit. God Himself ordained that Jesus should be tempted or tried, because only through temptation can human nature attain to perfection. Even the angels had to pass t...

  • Matthew 4:1 - EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 da...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IV. (1) The narrative of the Temptation is confessedly one of the most mysterious in the Gospel records. In one respect it stands almost, if not altogether, alone. It could not have come, directly or...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Τότε, then, implying close connection with the events recorded in last chapter, especially the descent of the Spirit. ἀνήχθη, was led up, into the higher, more solitary region of the wilderness, the h...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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; o...

  • Matthew 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    "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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then was (1) Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. (1) Christ is tempted in all manner of ways, and still overcomes, that we also through his virtue may overcome....

  • Matthew 4:1 - George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Jesus Christ was led by the Holy Ghost, immediately after his baptism, into the desert,[1] to prepare, by fasting and prayer, for his public ministry, and to merit for us by his victory over the enemy...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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 awa...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. CONTENTS CHRIST's temptations. The call of his Apostles. His Preaching and Miracles. I detain the Reader at this...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE PURPOSE OF LENT_ ‘Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.’ Matthew 4:1 Our Lord before He entered upon His public ministry was tempted. He faced the...

  • Matthew 4:1 - John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 4:1._Then Jesus was led. _There were two reasons why Christ withdrew into the wilderness. The first was, that, after a fast of forty days, he might come forth as a new man, or rather a heavenl...

  • Matthew 4:1 - John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN WAS JESUS LED UP OF THE SPIRIT,.... The Evangelist having finished his account of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ; of his ministry and baptism; and particularly of the baptism of Chris...

  • Matthew 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Ver. 1. _Then was Jesus led up_] Lest haply the people, hearing that testimony from heaven, should come and take hi...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then_ After the afore-mentioned glorious manifestation of his Father's love, by which he was armed for the combat. _Was Jesus led by the Spirit_ By a strong impulse of the Spirit of God, of which he...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    THE SPIRIT; the Holy Spirit. TO BE TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL; as were our first parents in Eden, and as are all their children. Christ must qualify himself for his office of Redeemer by successfully withs...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TEMPTATION IN THE WILDERNESS. Jesus, by His baptism and the accompanying supernatural manifestations, had been formally and publicly inaugurated into His ministry. But He was not to begin His prea...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OLBGrk; MATTHEW CHAPTER 4 MATTHEW 4:1 Christ fasts forty days, is tempted of the devil, and ministered unto by angels. MATTHEW 4:12 He dwelleth in Capernaum, MATTHEW 4:17 begins to preach, MATTHEW 4:1...

  • Matthew 4:1 - NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian Against Marcion Book V , whereas even the devil according to our Gospel recognised Jesus in the temptation,[252] Tertullian On Baptism showed, by maintaining a fast of forty days, that t...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 4:1 Then G5119 Jesus G2424 up G321 (G5681) by G5259 Spirit G4151 into G1519 wilderness G2048 tempted G3985 (G5683) by G5259 devil G1228 was - Mark 1:12, Mark 1:13-15; Luke 4:1-13;...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.' Jesus was ‘led up of the Spirit' into the wilderness. The Spirit knew how important it was that He understood how...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Matthew 4:1. THEN, immediately after the events mentioned in the last chapter, as Mark more explicitly states. After marked evidence of Divine favor, the most trying conflicts. LED UP BY THE SPIRIT....

  • Matthew 4:1 - Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    TO BE TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL (πειρασθηνα υπο του διαβολου). Matthew locates the temptation at a definite time, "then" (τοτε) and place, "into the wilderness" (εις την ερημον), the same general region...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Scofield's Bible Commentary

    THEN WAS JESUS The temptation of Christ, the "last Adam" (1 Corinthians 15:45) is best understood when contrasted with that of the "first man Adam." Adam was tempted in his place of lord of creation,...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

    Matthew 4:1 I. When the first Adam fell, by temptation, from a garden to a wilderness, from abundance to want, from empire to slavery, from heaven to hell; and when by the same steps as he descended,...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil._ What a change it seems from the descent of the Holy Spirit to being led up into the wilderness to be...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Summarized Bible Commentary

    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 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - The Bible Study New Testament

    THEN THE SPIRIT LED JESUS. Mark says the Spirit made him go. INTO THE DESERT. Tradition places the temptation in the deserted area between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, especially on the mountain called...

  • Matthew 4:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

    _To be tempted of the devil._ THE POSSIBILITY AND NECESSITY OF THE TEMPTATION I. If our Lord had not become incarnate He would never have been tempted, for temptation is not possible to God. God is...

  • Matthew 4:1 - The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    FIGHTING THE DRAGON Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Matthew 4:1. If you look at the back of an old British sovereign or a five-shilling coin, you...

  • Matthew 4:1 - The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 of God (vv. Matthew 4:12...

  • Matthew 4:1 - The Gospels Compared

    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 to be tempted of the devil. Mark 1:12 And immediately the...

  • Matthew 4:1 - The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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. _...

  • Matthew 4:1 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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 c...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16; Acts 8:39; Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 3:12; Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 40:2; Ezekiel 43:5; Ezekiel 8:3;...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    The Devil [τ ο υ δ ι α β ο λ ο υ]. The word means calumniator, slanderer. It is sometimes applied to men, as to Judas (John 6:70); in 1 Timothy 3:11 (slanderers); and in 2 Timothy 3:3, and Titus 2:3 ...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The temptation of Christ in the wilderness had no direct bearing upon our salvation, as we are saved by His Blood. However, the temptation did acclaim...

  • Matthew 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Then — After this glorious evidence of his Father's love, he was completely armed for the combat. Thus after the clearest light and the strongest consolation, let us expect the sharpest temptations. B...

  • Matthew 4:1 - William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe, 1. The great humiliation of the Son of God, how exceedingly was he humbled by the horrid temptations wherewith he was assaulted, than which nothing could be more grievous to his holy heart. W...

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