Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Luke 4:1-13
CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4:1-13 1. The Temptation in the Wilderness. (Luke 4:1-12 .) 2. The Devil Defeated. (Luke 4:13 .) Luke 4:1-13 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,... read more
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Luke 4:1-13
Chapter 7THE TEMPTATION.THE waters of the Jordan do not more effectually divide the Holy Land than they bisect the Holy Life. The thirty years of Nazareth were quiet enough, amid the seclusions of nature and the attractions of home; but the double baptism by the Jordan now remits that sweet idyll to the past. The I AM of the New Testament moves forward from the passive to the active voice; the long peace is exchanged for the conflict whose consummation will be the Divine Passion.The subject of... read more