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

TEMPTED THROUGH THE BODY‘And in those days He did eat nothing.… Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ Luke 4:2-Numbers : I. Tempted through the body.—Each one of us has a body, and our body has its natural desires, yet most of our temptations to evil come through them. Sometimes the temptation comes through physical suffering; days, weeks, months of bodily infirmity or pain have to be endured, and as the infirmity or pain grows, and all human means fail to bring any... 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

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:3

‘And the Devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread.”’ The Devil (or as Matthew puts it, ‘the Tempter’) then indicates one of the small white round stones that must have looked very much like bread and suggests that He command it to become bread. Note that the very temptation depends on Jesus’ confidence that He can do so. It assumes that Jesus was even at this stage aware of His total potential. Note the subtle ‘if’. Was Jesus really the Son of God,... read more

Peter Pett

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

‘And Jesus answered him, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.” ’ Jesus reply from Scripture is that man shall not live by bread alone (Deuteronomy 8:3). The point was twofold. Firstly that material things must not become such a consuming passion that they come in the way of doing God’s will. And secondly, in view of the context of the quotation, that what God has to say is more important than bread. His meat is to do the will of God (John 4:34). Man should not be seeking his own... read more

Arthur Peake

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 4:3-4

See Poole on "Matthew 4:3-4". It is very observable, that Christ here asserts the authority of the Scriptures; and though he was full of the Holy Ghost, yet maketh the Holy Scripture his rule of action. 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 4:1-13

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

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 4:4

Luke 4:4 Christian Fasting. I. There is a kind of fasting which can be nothing but good for us to practise. Self-denial relates to something which belongs to ourselves, but yet is not our highest property; and this especially applies to our pleasure in bodily enjoyments. This pleasure is really natural, but it does not belong to our highest nature, and it is apt to overgrow that higher nature if not restrained. This restraining it is, then, the exact business of what we call self-denial. Now it... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Luke 4:4

God Jehovah. Deuteronomy 8:3. read more

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

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:3

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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 4:3-4

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

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 4:4

Scofield's Reference Notes - Luke 4:4

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