Luke 4:1

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 4:1-4

The Temptation of Christ. Luke 4:1-1 Chronicles : The first temptation: v. 1. And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, v. 2. being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days He did eat nothing; and when they were ended, He afterward hungered. v. 3. And the devil said unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. v. 4. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 4:1-13

C. In the Wilderness. Luke 4:1-131And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from [the] Jordan, and was led by [in] the Spirit into, the wilderness, 2Being forty days tempted of [by] the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward1 hungered.3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stonethat it be made bread. 4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shallnot live by bread alone, but by every word of God2... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 4:1-13

Luke THE TEMPTATION Luk_4:1 - Luk_4:13 . If we adopt the Revised Version’s reading and rendering, the whole of the forty days in the desert were one long assault of Jesus by Satan, during which the consciousness of bodily needs was suspended by the intensity of spiritual conflict. Exhaustion followed this terrible tension, and the enemy chose that moment of physical weakness to bring up his strongest battalions. What a contrast these days made with the hour of the baptism! And yet both the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

the Threefold Temptation Luke 4:1-13 As the waters of Jordan bisect the Holy Land, so does our Lord’s baptism bisect His holy life. In that act He had identified Himself with the world’s sin; and now, as the High Priest who was to deal with sin and sinners, He must be “in all points” tempted and tested “like as we are.” He took into the wilderness a perfect humanity of flesh and blood, made in all points like His brethren, though without sin. He elected to fight His great fight, not by the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:1-44

As man Jesus was tempted. All the words with which He rebutted the attacks of Satan were quotations from the divine law for the government of human life. The exhaustive nature of the temptation is revealed in Luke's words, "When the devil had completed every temptation." Evil had nothing more to suggest. The thoroughness of the temptation was the completeness of the victory. The perfect and victorious Man now found His way back to Nazareth, and there, reading from the prophecy of Isaiah,... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 4:1-11

Peter the Son and Servant Luke 4:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We well remember a stained, art-glass window in which the artist had depicted Peter floundering in the sea of Galilee and half drowned. That Peter began to sink we know, but why emphasize it all the time and forget about how he walked on the water. The fact that Peter cursed and swore and said, "I know not this Man of whom ye speak" is no reason why we should forget the wonderful deeds of greatness which he wrought. It is our joy to... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 4:1-12

The Temptation Luke 4:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Testing the tempter. At first thought this heading may seem impossible. Was the tempter the one whom the Lord was testing? Let us weigh the meaning of the words: "And Jesus * * was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil." The Spirit did not lead the Lord into the wilderness to see if the Lord would fall under Satan's wiles this was impossible. Matthew says, "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1-2

CHRIST IN THE WILDERNES[1]‘Jesus … was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil.’ Luke 4:1-Exodus : [1] In the volume on Matthew, twenty-four pages are devoted to the Temptation. It seems convenient, therefore, that Luke’s account should be treated more briefly.Christ Jesus, in becoming man, voluntarily subjected Himself to the discipline of temptation. I. Tempted of the devil.—Christ became incarnate to redeem the world from sin, to restore the authority... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:1-2

‘And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness during forty days, being tempted of the Devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were completed, he was hungry.’ Now full of the Holy Spirit Jesus departs from the Jordan and led in the Spirit enters the wilderness for forty days without food. This follows the pattern of Moses who twice went into the mountain to meet with God and went without food in order to receive the Law... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:1-12

Jesus Goes Into The Wilderness To Prepare For His Life’s Work and Is Tempted by the Devil (4:1-12). So as He contemplates His future ministry Jesus has to consider the way in which He will go about it, and for that purpose He goes into the wilderness as John had done previously. (Mark says that the Holy Spirit ‘drove’ Him there). There as He considers the way ahead He has to face the Tempter. Whether this was just in His thoughts (spirit to spirit - consider ‘led in the Spirit in the... read more

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 4:1-4

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 4:1-13

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 4:1-13

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:1-44

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 4:1-11

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 4:1-12

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:1-2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:1-2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:1-12

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