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Satan Tempts Jesus

1 Then aJesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and bwas led by the Spirit into the wilderness,  
2 being1 tempted for forty days by the devil. And ain those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.  
3 And the devil said to Him, “If You are athe Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”  
4 But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, a‘Man shall not live by bread alone,1 but by every word of God.’ ”  
5 1Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.  
6 And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for athis has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.  
7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”
8 And Jesus answered and said to him,1 “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, a‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”  
9 aThen he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.  
10 For it is written:
a‘He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you,’  
11 and,
a‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”  
12 And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, a‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”  
13 Now when the devil had ended every1 temptation, he departed from Him auntil an opportune time.  

Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry

14 aThen Jesus returned bin the power of the Spirit to cGalilee, and dnews of Him went out through all the surrounding region.  
15 And He ataught in their synagogues, bbeing glorified by all.  

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 So He came to aNazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, bHe went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.  
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Luke 4:1

Full of the Holy Spirit (plhrhv pneumatov agiou). An evident allusion to the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at his baptism (Luke 3:21 f.). The distinctness of the Persons in the Trinity is shown there, but with evident unity. One recalls also Luke's account of the overshadowing of Mary by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:35). Matthew 4:1 says that "Jesus was led of the Spirit" while Mark 1:12 states that "the Spirit driveth him forth" which see for discussion. "Jesus had been endowed with supernatural power; and He was tempted to make use of it in furthering his own interests without regard to the Father's will" (Plummer).

Was led by the Spirit (hgeto en toi pneumati). Imperfect passive, continuously led. En may be the instrumental use as often, for Matthew 4:1 has here upo of direct agency. But Matthew has the aorist passive anhxqh which may be ingressive as he has eiv thn erhmon (into the wilderness) while Luke has en tw erhmw (in the wilderness). At any rate Luke affirms that Jesus was now continuously under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Hence in this same sentence he mentions the Spirit twice.

During the forty days (hmerav tesserakonta). Accusative of duration of time, to be connected with "led" not with "tempted." He was led in the Spirit during these forty days (cf. Deuteronomy 8:2, forty years). The words are amphibolous also in Mark 1:13. Matthew 4:2 seems to imply that the three recorded temptations came at the close of the fasting for forty days. That can be true and yet what Luke states be true also. These three may be merely specimens and so "representative of the struggle which continued throughout the whole period" (Plummer).




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