Mark 1:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 1:9-13

We have here a brief account of Christ's baptism and temptation, which were largely related Matt. 3:1-4:25 I. His baptism, which was his first public appearance, after he had long lived obscurely in Nazareth. O how much hidden worth is there, which in this world is either lost in the dust of contempt and cannot be known, or wrapped up in the veil of humility and will not be known! But sooner or later it shall be known, as Christ's was. 1. See how humbly he owned God, by coming to be baptized... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 1:12-13

1:12-13 And immediately the Spirit thrust him into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, and all the time he was being tested by Satan. The wild beasts were his companions, and the angels were helping him. No sooner was the glory of the hour of the Baptism over than there came the battle of the temptations. One thing stands out here in such a vivid way that we cannot miss it. It was the Spirit who thrust Jesus out into the wilderness for the testing time. The very Spirit who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 1:13

And he was there in the wilderness forty days ,.... The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions add, "and forty nights": for so long was he there, tempted of Satan : the several temptations of Satan, and how they were overcome by Christ, are particularly related by the Evangelist Matthew, Matthew 4:3 , which are here omitted; and what is not mentioned there, is here recorded: and was with the wild beasts : which shows, that he was now in an uncultivated and uninhabited part of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 1:13

With the wild beasts - This is a curious circumstance, which is mentioned by none of the other evangelists; and seems to intimate that he was in the most remote, unfrequented, and savage part of the desert; which, together with the diabolic influence, tended to render the whole scene the more horrid. Perhaps this very circumstance is mentioned, as emblematical of that savage and brutal cruelty with which he was persecuted to death by the Jews and Gentiles, instigated thereto by the malice of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:9-13

The consecration of Jesus. I. THE GOOD OF CUSTOM . Honoured by his submission to baptism. This is an example. Custom is the sacred link between past and present. Old customs, sacred rites, should be kept up; only abandoned when. they no longer teach truth, but more falsehood than truth. Rebellion against custom for rebellion's sake is vicious individualism. Compliance with the beauty of order is the mark of a loyal and loving spirit. II. THE SYMBOL IS PRECIOUS , NOT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:9-13

The official preparation. "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ" embraces yet another element. The preparation of "the way" of the Lord is followed by the preparation of the Lord himself. This we must name—The preparation of the Messiah , the Christ. I. The first step in this preparation is THE ASSUMPTION OF THE HUMAN NATURE . "The Word became flesh." "It behoved him," who" took hold of the seed of Abraham," with a view to raise it up, "to be made like unto"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:12-13

The temptation of Christ. The portal by which our Lord entered upon his earthly ministry has two pillars—the baptism and the temptation. In his baptism the Saviour was visibly and audibly approved by God the Father. In his temptation he was manifestly put to the test by the power of evil. Consecration and probation were thus the two elements in the Redeemer's inauguration, by which he was dedicated to the earthly ministry of humiliation, obedience, and benevolence. Mark's narrative of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:12-13

The temptation. Great moral problems are suggested by the temptation. Mark does not describe the nature of it, but leaves the imagination and cognate experience of his readers to fill up the spaces, or, having a different object from the other evangelists, he, supposing the details furnished by them well known, contents himself with an epitome. But it is an epitome of a very vivid and pregnant kind. The salient points alluded to by him are— I. THE PREDISPOSING CAUSE OF IT .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:12-13

Parallel passages: Matthew 4:1-11 ; Luke 4:1-13 .— The temptation. I. THE REALITY OF THE TEMPTATION . The above passage of St. Mark, and the parallel passages of the other Gospels, contain the record of one of the most remarkable transactions in the Word of God. It records the temptation of the Son of God. It describes not a fiction but a fact—not a phantom scene, such as a poet's fancy delights to paint, nor a daydream that merely passed through the imagination of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:13

Forty days tempted of Satan . St. Mark gathers up the whole temptation into this one sentence; and the passage would seem to imply that the three temptations recorded by St. Matthew and St. Luke were not the only trials through which our Lord passed during those forty days, although they were no doubt the prominent and the most powerful assaults upon our Redeemer. And he was with the wild beasts ( μετὰ τῶν θηρίων ). This shows the extreme solitude of the place. It shows also the... read more

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