Luke 4:1-13 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:9

And he brought him to Jerusalem ,.... The holy city, as Matthew calls it, from the wilderness thither; where he found him, and first attacked him, and perhaps he brought him through the air: and set him on a pinnacle of the temple; which was in Jerusalem; See Gill on Matthew 4:6 . And said unto him, if thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence ; from the pinnacle of the temple, on which he was set; See Gill on Matthew 4:6 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:10-11

For it is written ,.... In Psalm 91:11 "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee; and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone." It is an observation made long ago by Jerom, on Psalm 91:11 that Satan, in citing this text, has left out the middle clause, to keep thee in all thy ways , which he knew was against him, and has only taken that which made for him; and on Matthew 4:6 he observes, that this prophecy is not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:12

And Jesus answering said unto him, it is said ,.... In Deuteronomy 6:16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God : in the text in Deuteronomy the words are, "ye shall not tempt the Lord your God." The second person plural, is here changed into the second person singular, to accommodate the words to Satan; whom Christ singly addresses, and makes answer to, and who was under this same general law as other rational creatures: and Jehovah may be called the Lord his God, as he is his creator... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:13

And when the devil had ended all the temptation ,.... Or "all his temptations", as the Syriac version reads; not only the last mentioned, but all the rest, whether inward or outward, in a visible or in an invisible manner; whether during his forty days fast, or after he was an hungered, when he had tried every way, and all sorts of temptations with him; and when he had done this, "in", or "with all his power", as the Ethiopic version reads; "when he had done his utmost", and his best; and as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:1

Was led by the Spirit - Or, And was carried about, ηγετο . Matthew says, ανηχθη , he was brought up. Mark says, the Spirit driveth him εκβαλλει - putteth him forth. But each of the evangelists attributes this to the Holy Ghost, not to Satan. It may be useful to remark here, that, during the forty days and forty nights in which he is said to have been tempted by the devil, he is carried about, continually sustained and supported, by the Holy Ghost. Let those who are tempted by Satan... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:7

If thou - wilt worship me - This temptation is the last in order, as related by Matthew; and it is not reasonable to suppose that any other succeeded to it. Luke has here told the particulars, but not in the order in which they took place. See every circumstance of this temptation considered and explained in the notes on Matthew 4:1-11 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness; more accurately translated, in the Spirit . The question of the nature of the temptation has been discussed in the above note. The words, "full of the Holy Ghost," and "was led by the Spirit," lead us irresistibly to the conclusion that the Lord, during this strange solemn time—like Ezekiel, Daniel, Isaiah, and, later, Paul and John the beloved apostle—was especially under the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1-2

Solitude and struggle. We are not to suppose, even though we read this statement as given by Matthew ( Matthew 4:1 ), that our Lord was led by the Spirit into the wilderness for the express purpose of being tempted by the evil one: to take that view would be to mistake the force of the Hebrew idiom. All that is intended is that Jesus was constrained to retire into the solitude of the wilderness where he would have to undergo the temptation which did actually befall him. He was led, by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

The temptation in the wilderness. One of the most mysterious but most suggestive passages in the history of the Christ. Without attempting to indicate all the points presented for reflection (see homiletics on Matthew 4:1-25 .), observe— I. THE TEMPTATION IS NECESSARY TO THE PERFECTING OF JESUS AS THE SAVIOR OF SINNERS . He is led by the Spirit into the wilderness—led for the purpose of being tried by the devil. In the solitudes and simplicities of the... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:10-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

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