Luke 4:6

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 4:6-7

Luke 4:6-7All this power will I give TheeThe devil’s bountyHis bounty is treacherous.(D. Dyke.)Bounty attractiveBounty in a master is a great attraction to his service. (D. Dyke.)Satan’s promises1. That the very desires of abundance and greatness are in themselves unlawful, though we desire them not upon such conditions as here the devil offers them. We are commanded (1 Timothy 6:8) to be content with mere necessaries, for food and raiment. 2. That the devil in these promises deceives us, and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 4:6

6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. Ver. 6. To whomsoever I will I give it ] The pope, as heir to the devil, takes upon him to be Dominus regnorum mundi, Lord of the kings of the world. Boniface VIII wrote to Philip, king of France, that he was Lord of all, both temporals and spirituals, in all countries. Os papae et culeus diaboli in eodem sunt praedicamento, saith one.... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 4:6

All: John 8:44, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:3 and the: Esther 5:11, Isaiah 5:14, Isaiah 23:9, 1 Peter 1:24 and to: John 12:31, John 14:30, Ephesians 2:2, Revelation 13:2, Revelation 13:7 Reciprocal: Numbers 22:37 - General Romans 12:16 - Mind read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 4:6

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.I give it to whomsoever I will — Not so, Satan. It is God, not thou, that putteth down one, and setteth up another: although sometimes Satan, by God's permission, may occasion great revolutions in the world. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

§ 17. TEMPTATION OF JESUS, Luke 4:1-13 . Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13. read more