Luke 4:1

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:1-13

Luke 4:1-1 Chronicles : . The Temptation ( Mark 11:21.*, Matthew 4:1-1 Kings : *).— In the order of the episodes Lk. follows a geographical (rather than a psychological) sequence, putting the Jerusalem incident last. The other divergences from Mt. are of no moment, but we may note Lk.’ s stress on the inspiration of Jesus ( Luke 4:1, cf. Luke 4:14), and the apt saying that the devil left Him only “ for a season” ( cf. Luke 22:28, Matthew 16:23, John 6:15; John 14:30). For a good study of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 4:1

By the Holy Ghost here is to be understood the gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to the prophecy of him, Isaiah 11:1,Isaiah 11:2. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are often in holy writ called the Spirit, Acts 2:4; Acts 8:18; Acts 10:44; and not only those that are influenced with the saving gifts and graces of the Spirit, are said to have the Spirit, and be filled; but those who received the more extraordinary powers of it, such as the gifts of prophecy, healing, &c. Others besides Christ are... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 4:1. Full of the Holy Ghost.—Which had descended upon Him in full measure at His baptism. Led by the Spirit—Or, “in the Spirit” (cf. Luke 2:27); abiding in the Spirit as the element of His life. Into the wilderness.—A better reading is “in the wilderness” (R.V.), and to connect the next clause with it: the leading of the Spirit continued there during forty days. The scene of the Temptation according to a not very ancient tradition is the mountainous region near Jericho—called... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 4:1-2

Luke 4:1-2 Victory over the Besetting Sin. Our Lord, in defeating Satan's temptations, taught us also how to overcome them: (1) by answering Satan at once; (2) by not vouchsafing to enter into his subtleties; (3) our Lord teaches us that there is an order in Satan's temptations. I. If thou canst not find out thy chief fault, apply thyself to any bad one. It is better to gather thyself to an earnest conflict with almost any one, than to lose thy time in debating which to grapple with. Whilst... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

Luke 4:1-13 "Tempted like as we are.". The temptation, as is evident from the language employed, was in some way connected with the descent of the Holy Spirit upon our Lord; and we are thus taught that God, for their own and others' good, may lead His people through trial. It behoved Jesus to be made like unto His brethren, therefore He was led up into the wilderness; and while it had a bearing on them, it was no less an advantage to Him, for it furnished Him at the outset of His public... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 4:1-44

Chapter 4And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from Jordan ( Luke 4:1 ),Now He was at Jordan where He was baptized by John, and He returned from Jordan.and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ( Luke 4:1 ),Now the Judean wilderness stretches from an area just fifteen miles north of Jericho, and continues on down to the Dead Sea. And it extends back to what are known as the Jerusalem Hills, and it is a very barren, desolate area known as the Judean wilderness. There is about an... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 4:1-44

Luke 4:2 . Being tempted forty days he afterward hungered. During this space he lived like Moses on the mount, conversing with the Father in all the glories of his kingdom. His humanity was renovated, the glory of the only begotten shone through all his person. He was here prepared in body and in mind for the godlike sphere in which he was called to move, and in which he developed his character to be what the demons called him, the Holy One of God. Young men entering on the ministry should... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 4:1

Luke 4:1And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wildernessThe temptation of ChristHow is the temptation of Christ to be understood?As a history, a parable, a myth, or an undesigned, though not accidental, compound of the three? Let us begin--1. With what ought to be a self-evident proposition. As Jesus was a moral being, whose nature had to develop under the limitations necessary to humanity, we must conceive Him as a subject of moral... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 4:1

1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Ver. 1. Returned from Jordan, and was led ] No sooner out of the water of baptism, but in the fire of temptation. After greatest feelings, we are to expect sharpest assaults; neither can we better quench the devil’s fiery darts, than with the water of baptism. We lead, saith Luther, of a certain holy virgin, who, whensoever solicited to sin, would stop the tempter’s mouth with this... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 4:1

am 4031, ad 27 Jesus: Matthew 4:1-1 Kings : full: Luke 4:14, Luke 4:18, Luke 3:22, Isaiah 11:2-Numbers :, Isaiah 61:1, Matthew 3:16, John 1:32, John 3:34, Acts 1:2, Acts 10:38 and was: Luke 2:27, 1 Kings 18:12, Ezekiel 3:14, Mark 1:12, Mark 1:13, Acts 8:39 wilderness: 1 Kings 19:4, Mark 1:13 Reciprocal: Ezekiel 37:1 - carried Luke 1:41 - was Acts 2:4 - filled Romans 7:21 - evil Romans 11:2 - of Elias read more