Mark 1:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 1:12-13

Here Mark relates concisely what Matthew has recorded more at length in Mark 4:0.The Spirit driveth - The word “driveth” does not mean that he was compelled forcibly against his will to go there, but that he was inclined to go there by the Spirit, or was led there. The Spirit of God, for important purposes, caused him to go. Compare Matthew 9:25, where the same word is used in the original: “And when they were all put forth” in Greek, “all driven out.”And was with the wild beasts - This is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 1:12-13

Mark 1:12-13. Immediately the Spirit driveth him Gr. εκβαλλει , thrusteth him out, or, sends him away, as the same word signifies, Mark 1:43. Luke says, ηγετο , he was moved, or led; Matthew, ανηχθη , he was led up, namely, from the plain of Jordan. He was forty days tempted of Satan Invisibly. After this followed the temptation by him in a visible shape, related by Matthew. These forty days, says Dr. Lightfoot, the holy angels ministered to Christ visibly, and Satan tempted him... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 1:12-13

17. Temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)Immediately after being appointed to his messianic ministry, Jesus was tempted by Satan to use his messianic powers in the wrong way. (For the identification of the devil with Satan see Revelation 20:2.) Satan’s aim was to make Jesus act according to his own will instead of in obedience to his Father.Jesus had gone many weeks without eating and was obviously very hungry. Satan therefore used Jesus’ natural desire for food to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 1:12

immediately . A word characteristic of this Gos pel, setting forth no it does the activities of "Jehovah's Servant". The Greek words which it represents (in this and other renderings of eutheus and euthus) are used (in Mark) twenty-six times directly of the Lord and His acts; while in Matthew they occur only five times, in Luke once, and in John twice. driveth Him = driveth Him out. Divine supplemental information as to the character of the leading of Matthew and Luke. into . Greek eis.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 1:12

And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.This is all that Mark wrote concerning the temptation.Driveth him ... There is nothing inappropriate in this reference to the power with which the Spirit caused Jesus to go forth to meet the temptation. It means exactly the same thing that was meant in Matthew's statement that he was "led" of the Spirit... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 1:12

Mark 1:12. Driveth— Conveyeth. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:1-13

I. INTRODUCTION 1:1-13This opening section of the book sets the stage for the presentation of Jesus Christ as the unique Servant of the Lord. Mark omitted references to Jesus’ birth and youth. These subjects are irrelevant when presenting the life of a servant."The accent falls upon the disclosure that Jesus is the Messiah, the very Son of God, whose mission is to affirm his sonship in the wilderness. His encounter with Satan provides the background for the delineation of the conflict between... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:2-13

B. Jesus’ preparation for ministry 1:2-13Mark proceeded to record three events that the reader needs to understand to appreciate Jesus’ ministry correctly. They are John the Baptist’s ministry, Jesus’ baptism, and Jesus’ temptation. Two words that recur through this section of the text are key to understanding Mark’s emphasis: desert and the Spirit. [Note: See Frank J. Matera, "The Prologue as the Interpretive Key to Mark’s Gospel," Journal for the Study of the New Testament 34 (October... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:12

"Immediately" connects the temptation closely with the baptism. The same Spirit that came on Jesus at His baptism now "impelled" or drove (Gr. ekballo) Him into the wilderness for testing. [Note: See Sydney H. T. Page, "Satan: God’s Servant," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 50:3 (September 2007):449-65.] In the Old Testament the Israelites associated inhabited and cultivated land with God’s blessing and wilderness with His curse. Jesus had submitted humbly to identification with... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:12-13

3. The temptation of Jesus 1:12-13 (cf. Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13)Jesus’ temptation by Satan was another event that prepared the divine Servant for His ministry. [Note: For comparison of Moses’, Elijah’s, and Jesus’ 40-day periods of temptation, see Edersheim, 1:294.] Mark’s account is brief, and it stresses the great spiritual conflict that this temptation posed for Jesus. The writer omitted any reference to Jesus’ feelings about the temptation. A servant’s response to his trials is more... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 1:12-13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 1:12-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 1:12-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 1:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 1:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 1:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:1-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:2-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:12-13

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