Luke 4:1-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

The last words of the foregoing chapter, that Jesus was the Son of Adam, bespeak him to be the seed of the woman; being so, we have here, according to the promise, breaking the serpent's head, baffling and foiling the devil in all his temptations, who by one temptation had baffled and foiled our first parents. Thus, in the beginning of the war, he made reprisals upon him, and conquered the conqueror. In this story of Christ's temptation, observe, I. How he was prepared and fitted for it. He... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 4:1-13

4:1-13 Jesus came back from the Jordan full of the Holy Spirit. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, and for forty days he was tempted by the devil; and in those days he ate nothing, and when they were completed he was hungry. The devil said to him, "If you really are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus answered him, "It stands written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" He took him up and showed him in an instant of time all the kingdoms of the inhabited... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:1

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost ,.... The Spirit of God having descended on him at his baptism, and afresh anointed, and filled his human nature with his gifts, whereby, as man, he was abundantly furnished for the great work of the public ministry, he was just about to enter upon; yet must first go through a series of temptations, and which, through the fulness of the Holy Spirit in him, he was sufficiently fortified against. Returned from Jordan ; where he came, and had been with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:2

Being forty days tempted of the devil ,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read the phrase, "forty days", in connection with the latter part of the preceding verse; according to which the sense is, that Jesus was led by the Spirit forty days in the wilderness, before he was tempted by Satan, and in order to it: but our reading is confirmed by Mark 1:13 who affirms, as here, that he was so long tempted by Satan; as he might be invisibly, and, by internal... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:3

And the devil said unto him ,.... Who now visibly appeared, and spoke unto him with an articulate voice: if thou be the Son of God ; as has been just now declared by a voice from heaven; or seeing thou art in such a relation to God, and so equal to him, and possessed of all divine perfections, and among the rest, of almighty power; wherefore, since thou art hungry, and in a wilderness, where no food is to be had, command this stone that it be made bread ; say but the word, and this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:4

And Jesus answered him, saying, it is written ,.... In Deuteronomy 8:3 that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God; suggesting hereby, that when it is the will of God, human nature may be maintained by the influence of divine power, without the use of ordinary means; and that bread itself, without a divine blessing, would not support life; and so not this stone, or stones, if turned into it: wherefore, it became him, as man, to depend upon God, submit to his will,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:5

And the devil taking him up into an high mountain ,.... Somewhere near Jerusalem, but what mountain is not certain. The Evangelist Luke makes this to be the second temptation, which, with Matthew, is the third and last; and whose order seems to be more proper and natural than this, and to be the true and genuine one, which Luke neglects, though he does not contradict it: he relates matters of fact, without attending to the strict order of them; whereas Matthew strictly regards it, observing,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:6

And the devil said unto him, all this power will I give thee ,..... That is, all the kingdoms of the world, and all the government and jurisdiction over them: and the glory of them; the riches, honours, and grandeur belonging to them: for that is delivered unto me : so far he spoke modestly, in that he owned an original, superior governor of them, by whom he pretended they were transferred to him; but lied, in that he suggested they were put into his hands by him, who had the supreme... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:7

If thou therefore wilt worship me ,.... Or "before me"; that is, fall down before him, and give him divine worship and homage. A wide difference there is between a good angel and a fallen angel; a good angel will not suffer himself to be worshipped by men, but directs to the worship of God only, Revelation 19:10 but a fallen angel not only seeks to be worshipped by men, but by the Son of God himself, even by him whom all the holy angels worship, Hebrews 1:6 This was what Satan at first... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:8

Jesus answered and said unto him ,.... The following words, with indignation at him, and detestation of his proposals: get thee behind me, Satan ; which are omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, and in three ancient copies of Beza's, and in his most ancient one; but stand in other copies, and in the Arabic version. For it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve . This passage stands in Deuteronomy 6:13 where the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 4:1-13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 4:1-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:8

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