Luke 4:3

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 4:13, the prevalent opinion has always been that our Lord paid two visits to Nazareth: the first being that recorded here; the second that recorded in Matthew 13:54-40, and Mark 6:1. This is maintained on the following grounds: First, The most natural sense of the words in...

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 who knew his own strength might give Satan advantage; but we may not, who know our own weakness. Being in all things made like unto his brethren, Jesus would, like the other children of God, live in dependence upon the Divine Providence and promise. The word of God is our sword, and faith in that word is our shield. God has many ways of providing for his people, and therefore is at all times to be depended upon in the way of duty. All Satan's promises are deceitful; and if he is permitted to have any influence in disposing of the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, he uses them as baits to insnare men to destruction. We should reject at once and with abhorrence, every opportunity of...

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 are recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Matthew 4:2. HE DID EAT NOTHING - He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting. Luke 4:13 DEPARTED FOR A SEASON - For a time. From this it appears that our Saviour was “a

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 of any of the scenes of the public ministry related by the evangelists. It is related at some length by SS. Matthew and Luke, with very slight difference of detail, the principal one being the order in which the three great temptations occurred. In St. Mark the notice of this strange episode in the life is very short, but harmonizes perfectly with the longer accounts of SS. Matthew and Luke. St John omits it altogether; first, because, with the earlier written Gospels before him, he was aware that the Church of his Master already possessed ample details of the occurrence; and secondly, the

AND THE DEVIL SAID UNTO HIM,.... Who now visibly appeared, and spoke unto him with an articulate voice: IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD; as has been just now declared by a voice from heaven; or seeing thou art in such a relation to God, and so equal to him, and possessed of all divine perfections, and among the rest, of almighty power; wherefore, since thou art hungry, and in a wilderness, where no food is to be had, COMMAND THIS STONE THAT IT BE MADE BREAD; say but the word, and this stone, which he held out to him, or pointed at, as lying before them, or any one of the stones, which were in sight, for Matthew speaks of them in the plural number, will immediately be converted into bread, if he was what he was said to be: this he suggests might easily be effected by him, and he had no need to continue hungry....

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. You would not expect that. Yet it is a sadder thing to be led into a wilderness when you are not filled with the Spirit, and a sadder thing to be tempted when the Spirit of God is not resting upon you. The temptation of our Lord was not one to which he wantonly exposed himself, he «was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.» The Spirit of God may lead us where we shall have to endure trial. If he does so, we are safe; and we shall come off conquerors even as our Master did. Luke 4:2. _Being forty days tempted of the devil._ Six weeks of temptation. We read the story of the temptation, perha

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 temptations of the Lord are reported by Luke. The second temptation the devil brings to bear upon Him (in the high mountain) is the last in the Gospel of Matthew. Why did Luke change the order and put the second temptation last and the last temptation into the second place? Matthew gives, no doubt, the correct order. The Lord's word to Satan, “Get thee behind me, Satan,” proves this. (These words must be omitted in the 8th verse. They are not found in the best manuscripts.) The order in Luke corresponds to the nature of man

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 from Mt. are of no moment, but we may note Lk.'s stress on the inspiration of Jesus (Luke 4:1, _cf._ Luke 4:14), and the apt saying that the devil left Him only for a season (_cf. Luke 22:28_, Matthew 16:23; John

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 were completed he was hungry. The devil said to him, "If you really are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus answered him, "It stands written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" He took him up and showed him in an instant of time all the kingdoms of the inhabited world. The devil said to him, "I will give you all this power and the glory of them, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomsoever I wish. If then you worship me all of it will be yours." Jesus answered him, "It stands written, 'You must worship the Lord God and him only must you serve.'" He brought him to Jerusalem and set him on a pinnacle of the Temple, and said to him, "If you real...

UNTO. to. IF THOU BE, &c. Greek. _ei,_ with Ind. App-118. Assuming the fact. Same word as in Luke 4:9. not the same word as in Luke 4:7. THE SON OF GOD. Referring to Luke 3:22. App-98. this stone; "these stones "in Matthew 4:3. Repeated under different circumstances. App-116....