Luke 4:1

THEN Jesus full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the spirit into the wilderness,

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

In Context

2being tempted forty days by the devil; and did eat nothing during those days: and when they were ended, afterwards he was hungry.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:1THEN was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.

Luke 2:27And he came by the spirit into the temple; just as the parents were bringing in the child Jesus, that they might do according to what was the custom of the law concerning him;

Luke 3:21Now it came to pass, at the time when John was baptising all the people, that Jesus also was baptised, and as he prayed, the heaven was opened,

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:1

We left Christ newly baptized, and owned by a voice from heaven and the descent of the Holy Ghost upon him. Now, in this chapter, we have, I. A further preparation of him for his public ministry by his being tempted in the wilderness, of which we had the same account before in Matthew as we have here, ver. 1-13 . II. His entrance upon his public work in Galilee ( ver. 14, 15 ), particularly, 1. At Nazareth, the city where he had been bred up ( ver. 16-30 ), which we had no account of before in Matthew. 2 . At… Read the whole commentary →

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