ὑπέστρεψεν, as in Luke 4:1, frequently used by Lk. ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τ. Π., in the power of the Spirit; still as full of the Spirit as at the baptism. Spiritual power not weakened by temptation, rather strengthened: post victoriam corroboratus, Bengel. φήμη (here and in Matthew 9:26), report, caused by the exercise of the δύναμις, implying a ministry of which no details are here given (so Schanz, Godet, J. Weiss, etc.). Meyer thinks of the fame of the Man who had been baptised with remarkable accompaniments; Hahn of the altered transfigured appearance of Jesus.

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