Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
In Context
2And, after he had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he became hungry.
Cross References
Luke 4:1On returning from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the power of the Spirit through the wilderness for forty days, tempted by the devil.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:1
John Baptist said concerning Christ, He must increase, but I must decrease; and so it proved. For, after John had baptized Christ, and borne his testimony to him, we hear little more of his ministry; he had done what he came to do, and thenceforward there is as much talk of Jesus as ever there had been of John. As the rising Sun advances, the morning star disappears. Concerning Jesus Christ we have in this chapter, I. The temptation he underwent, the triple assault the tempter made upon him, and the repulse he… Read the whole commentary →