Matthew 4:1
Then, Jesus was led up into the wilderness, by the Spirit, to be tempted by the adversary;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, fasting forty days and forty nights,—afterwards, he hungered.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:12so shall it come to pass, as soon as, I, go from thee, that, the spirit of Yahweh, shall carry thee away—whither I know not, and so, when I go in to tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, then will he slay me,—and yet, thy servant, hath revered Yahweh, from my youth.
Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing,— Blessed be the glory of Yahweh. From his place!
Ezekiel 8:3Then put he forth the similitude of a hand, and took me by the forelock of my head,—and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens and brought me to Jerusalem in the visions of God into the opening of the inner gate that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the Statue of Jealousy. that provoketh to jealousy;
Ezekiel 11:24And, the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to Chaldea unto them of the captivity, in the vision by the Spirit of God,—thus went up from me, the vision which I had seen.
Ezekiel 43:5So then the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court,—and lo! the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
Luke 4:1And, Jesus, full of Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the desert,
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 →