Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 4:6
I give it to whomsoever I will — Not so, Satan. It is God, not thou, that putteth down one, and setteth up another: although sometimes Satan, by God's permission, may occasion great revolutions in the world.
I give it to whomsoever I will — Not so, Satan. It is God, not thou, that putteth down one, and setteth up another: although sometimes Satan, by God's permission, may occasion great revolutions in the world.
LUKE 4:5-12 In order to bring Luke’s account of the Temptation into harmony with the sequence of temptations in Matthew ( Matthew 4:5-11), several Old Latin witnesses (itb, c, l, q, r1), at least one...
On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1. Luke 4:2 BEING FORTY DAYS TEMPTED - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which...
CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4:1-13 _ 1. The Temptation in the Wilderness. (Luke 4:1 .)_ 2. The Devil Defeated. (Luke 4:13 .) Luke 4:1 What interests us most is the different order in which the three temptat...
THE TEMPTATION (Mark 11:21.*, Matthew 4:1 *). In the order of the episodes Lk. follows a geographical (rather than a psychological) sequence, putting the Jerusalem incident last. The other divergences...
Jesus came back from the Jordan full of the Holy Spirit. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, and for forty days he was tempted by the devil; and in those days he ate nothing, and when they w...
THE BATTLE WITH TEMPTATION (Luke 4:1-13)...
POWER. authority. App-172. In Matthew "these things". See App-116. for that, &c. This was not repeated on the subsequent occasion (Matthew 4:9). I WILL. Greek _thelo._ See App-102....
_All this power will I give thee_ Rather, in the emphatic order of the original, TO THEE WILL I GIVE THIS POWER, ALL OF IT, AND THE GLORY OF THEM. _for that is delivered unto me_ The original is even...
Luke 4:1-13. THE TEMPTATION...
ΣΟῚ ΔΏΣΩ. In the emphatic order of the original, ‘To thee will I give this power, all of it, and the glory of them.’ ὍΤΙ ἘΜΟῚ ΠΑΡΑΔΈΔΟΤΑΙ. ‘Because to me it _has been entrusted_ (and therefore,’ the p...
VER 5. AND THE DEVIL, TAKING HIM UP INTO A HIGH MOUNTAIN, SHOWED TO HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD IN A MOMENT OF TIME. 6. AND THE DEVIL SAID TO HIM, ALL THIS POWER WILL I GIVE YOU, AND THE GLORY O...
ΔΏΣΩ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΠΑΡΑΔΈΔΟΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3860) передавать. _Perf._ указывает на текущее владение....
FOR THAT IS DELIVERED UNTO ME, &C.— Grotius has well observed, that this contains a vile insinuation, that God had done what no one who truly understands the nature of God and the creature can suppose...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Victory of Jesus Over Temptation Scripture_ Luke 4:1-13 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness 2 during forty...
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 4:1, and Mark 1:35. As observed on Matthew...
19 Compare Mat_14:3-5; Mar_6:17-18. 19 Herod's treatment of John is here inserted ahead of time to close the account of John's ministry before opening that of his Master's. 21-22 Compare Mat_3:13-17...
THE TEMPTATION. NAZARETH. CAPERNAUM 1-13. The Temptation (Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:12). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 JESUS AND THE DEVIL 4:1-13 V1-2 Jesus returned from the river Jordan. He was full of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit led him into the desert for 4...
FOR THAT IS DELIVERED UNTO ME. — Better, _hath been delivered unto me._ The specific assertion of the usurped dominion, though implied in St. Matthew, is in its form peculiar to St. Luke. (See Note on...
IV. (1-13) BEING FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST. — See Notes on Matthew 4:1. The words used by St. Luke describe the same fact as those used by St. Matthew and St. Mark, and agree with the Spirit given “not...
CHAPTER 7 THE TEMPTATION. THE waters of the Jordan do not more effectually divide the Holy Land than they bisect the Holy Life. The thirty years of Nazareth were quiet enough, amid the seclusions of...
_The Temptation_ (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13). Lk.'s account of the temptation resembles Mt.'s so closely as to suggest a common source. Yet there are points of difference of which a not improbable...
_Second temptation_. Mt.'s third. καὶ ἀναγαγὼν, without the added εἰς ὄρος ὑψ. of T.R., is an expression Lk. might very well use to obviate the objection: where is the mountain so high that from its s...
ἐξουσίαν, authority. _Vide_ Acts 1:7-8, where this word and δύναμιν occur, the one signifying authority, the other spiritual _power_. ὅτι ἐμοὶ, etc.: this clause, not in Mt., is probably another insta...
THE THREEFOLD TEMPTATION Luke 4:1-13 As the waters of Jordan bisect the Holy Land, so does our Lord's baptism bisect His holy life. In that act He had identified Himself with the world's sin; and no...
As man Jesus was tempted. All the words with which He rebutted the attacks of Satan were quotations from the divine law for the government of human life. The exhaustive nature of the temptation is rev...
And the devil said unto him, All this (a) power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is (b) delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. (a) By this word "power" are meant the...
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...
FOURTH NARRATIVE: THE TEMPTATION, LUKE 4:1-13. Every free creature, endowed with various faculties, must pass through a conflict, in which it decides either to use them for its own gratification, or t...
3 _d. Luke 4:5-8_. Second Temptation. The occasion of this fresh trial is not a physical sensation; it is an aspiration of the soul. Man, created in the image of God, aspires to reign. This instinct,...
(1) And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, (2) Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and w...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
The unknown Son of God on earth, Jesus, is led (chapter 4) into the wilderness by the Holy Ghost, with whom He had been sealed, to undergo the temptation of the enemy, beneath which Adam fell. But Jes...
AND THE DEVIL SAID UNTO HIM, ALL THIS POWER WILL I GIVE THEE,..... That is, all the kingdoms of the world, and all the government and jurisdiction over them: AND THE GLORY OF THEM; the riches, honour...
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. Ver. 6. _To whomsoever I will I give it_] The p...
_The devil said, If thou be the Son of God_, &c. For an explanation of this whole paragraph, see notes on Matthew 4:3. _The devil taketh him up into a high mountain_, &c. This temptation, which stands...
Christ's fasting and temptation in the desert. Matthew 4:1-11....
AND THE DEVIL SAID UNTO HIM, ALL THIS POWER WILL I GIVE THEE, AND THE GLORY OF THEM; FOR THAT IS DELIVERED UNTO ME; AND TO WHOMSOEVER I WILL I GIVE IT....
The second temptation:...
TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (vs.1-13) The Father having pronounced His delight in His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus was led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. In Mark 1:12 it...
1-13 Christ's being led into the wilderness gave an advantage to the tempter; for there he was alone, none were with him by whose prayers and advice he might be helped in the hour of temptation. He w...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians Yea, thou even darest, most accursed one, to appropriate the works of God to thyself, and to declare that the dominion over these was delivered to thee.[52] Ir...
Luke 4:6 And G2532 devil G1228 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 All G537 this G5026 authority G1849 give...
‘And the Devil said to him, “To you will I give all this authority, and the glory of them, for it has been delivered to me, and to whoever I will I give it. If you therefore will worship before me, it...
JESUS GOES INTO THE WILDERNESS TO PREPARE FOR HIS LIFE'S WORK AND IS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (4:1-12). So as He contemplates His future ministry Jesus has to consider the way in which He will go about it...
Luke 4:6. IT HATH BEEN DELIVERED UNTO ME. Satan is represented in the Scriptures as the god of this world, so that an element of truth is here contained (see on Matthew 4:8)....
THE TEMPTATION. See on Matthew 14:1-11. The _second_ temptation in Matthew's account is placed last by Luke. The order of Matthew is correct, because Matthew uses _phrases_ (Luke 4:5; Luke 4:8) which...
ALL THIS AUTHORITY (την εξουσιαν ταυτην απασαν). Matthew 4:9 has "all these things." Luke's report is more specific.AND THE GLORY OF THEM (κα την δοξαν αυτων). Matthew 4:8 has this in the stateme...
Luke 4:1 "Tempted like as we are.". The temptation, as is evident from the language employed, was in some way connected with the descent of the Holy Spirit upon our Lord; and we are thus taught that...
Luke 4:1. _And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness Вѕ_ «Full of the Holy Ghost» Вѕand then led «into the wilderness» to be tempted....
CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth. Casting of demons out of man at Capernaum. Healing of Peter's wife's mother and others. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Satan, Josep...
Luke 4:2. _Being tempted forty days he afterward hungered._ During this space he lived like Moses on the mount, conversing with the Father in all the glories of his kingdom. His humanity was renovated...
_All this power will I give Thee_ THE DEVIL’S BOUNTY His bounty is treacherous. (_D. Dyke._) BOUNTY ATTRACTIVE Bounty in a master is a great attraction to his service. (_D. Dyke._) SATAN’S PROMI...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 4:5 AND THE DEVIL TOOK HIM UP introduces another temptation but does not imply that the temptations occurred in this order (compare Matthew 4:1)....
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 VER. 1. _And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan_, having been there baptized by John a little time before, and having _visibly_ received the Holy Spirit, whose fulness...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 4:1. FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST.—Which had descended upon Him in full measure at His baptism. LED BY THE SPIRIT—Or, “in the Spirit” (cf. Luke 2:27); abiding in the Spirit as the elem...
EXPOSITION LUKE 4:1 THE TEMPTATION. The consecration of our Lord in his baptism was immediately followed by what is known as his temptation. It is, perhaps, the most mysterious and least understood...
And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from Jordan (Luke 4:1), Now He was at Jordan where He was baptized by John, and He returned from Jordan. and was led by the Spirit into the wildernes...
1 Peter 1:24; 2 Corinthians 11:14; Ephesians 2:2; Esther 5:11; I
Note the emphatic position of the pronouns : "To thee will I give - for to me it hath been delivered : thou, therefore, if thou wilt worship," etc. Luke, in his narrative, enlarges upon Matthew. Compa...
PETER THE SON AND SERVANT Luke 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We well remember a stained, art-glass window in which the artist had depicted Peter floundering in the sea of Galilee and half drowned. That Pe...
THE TEMPTATION Luke 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Testing the tempter. At first thought this heading may seem impossible. Was the tempter the one whom the Lord was testing? Let us weigh the meaning of...
(CF. LUKE 4:5-12)—Is there a mistake in recording the wilderness temptation of Christ by Matthew or Luke? PROBLEM: According to both Matthew and Luke, the first temptation was to turn stones into brea...