Luke 4:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. ”

Luke 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-11 . Luke 4:2 Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations,...
Luke 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Temptation ( Mark 11:21 .*, Matthew 4:1-11 *). In the order of the episodes Lk. follows a geographical (rather than a psychological) sequence, putting the Jerusalem incident last. The other d...
Luke 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

forty. See App-10. Compare Exodus 34:28 ; Numbers 14:34 ; 1 Kings 19:8 . Read, as in Revised Version, "forty days, being", &c. tempted . troubled and tried. of . by. Greek. hupo. App-1...
Luke 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Luke 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Being forty days tempted, &c.— Where he was forty days, and he was tempted by the devil. Bengelius and Heylin. See Matthew 4:2-3 . For notes on this remarkable transaction we refer to that c...
Luke 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-25 , and Mark 1:35-39 . As obser...
Luke 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Temptation. Nazareth. Capernaum 1-13. The Temptation ( Matthew 4:1 ; Mark 1:12 ). See on Mt.
Luke 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (1-13) Being full of the Holy Ghost . — See Notes on Matthew 4:1-11 . The words used by St. Luke describe the same fact as those used by St. Matthew and St. Mark, and agree with the Spirit g...
Luke 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 THE TEMPTATION. THE waters of the Jordan do not more effectually divide the Holy Land than they bisect the Holy Life. The thirty years of Nazareth were quiet enough, amid the seclusions...
Luke 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Threefold Temptation Luke 4:1-13 As the waters of Jordan bisect the Holy Land, so does our Lord's baptism bisect His holy life. In that act He had identified Himself with the world's sin; a...
Luke 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As man Jesus was tempted. All the words with which He rebutted the attacks of Satan were quotations from the divine law for the government of human life. The exhaustive nature of the temptation is re...
Luke 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, (2) Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and...
Luke 4:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRIST IN THE WILDERNES[1] ‘Jesus … was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil.’ Luke 4:1-2 [1] In the volume on Matthew, twenty-four pages are devoted...
Luke 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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; accordi...
Luke 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. Ver. 2. Being forty days ] During which time be was set upon all sort...
Luke 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Being forty days tempted According to Luke here, and Mark 1:12 , he was tempted of Satan during the whole of these forty days; but we are favoured with no account of the various subtle arts which...
Luke 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (vs.1-13) The Father having pronounced His delight in His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus was led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. In Mark 1:...
Luke 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Temptation in the Wilderness. 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the...
Luke 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 4:2 " , and following verses to Matthew 4:4 .
Luke 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness during forty days, being tempted of the Devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when th...
Luke 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 4:1 . Full of the Holy Ghost .—Which had descended upon Him in full measure at His baptism. Led by the Spirit —Or, “in the Spirit” (cf. Luke 2:27 ); abiding in the Spirit a...
Luke 4:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

tempted ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 4:1 ).
Luke 4:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 4:1-2 Victory over the Besetting Sin. Our Lord, in defeating Satan's temptations, taught us also how to overcome them: (1) by answering Satan at once; (2) by not vouchsafing to enter into hi...
Luke 4:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 4:1 . And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness Вѕ «Full of the Holy Ghost» Вѕand then led «into the wilderness» to be tempte...
Luke 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:2 . Being tempted forty days he afterward hungered. During this space he lived like Moses on the mount, conversing with the Father in all the glories of his kingdom. His humanity was renova...
Luke 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in these days He did eat nothing The temptation of Christ; A great part of the force and power of Christ’s example here is lost upon men, through the...
Luke 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 4:1-42 THE TEMPTATION . The consecration of our Lord in his baptism was immediately followed by what is known as his temptation. It is, perhaps, the most mysterious and...
Luke 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Temptation of Christ. Luke 4:1-13 The first temptation:
Luke 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:8 ; 1 Samuel 17:16 ; Deuteronomy 9:18 ; Deuteronomy 9:25 ; Deuteronomy 9:9 ; Esther 4:16 ; Exodus 24:18 ; Exodus 34:28 ; Genesis 3:15 ; Hebrews 2:18 ; Hebrews 4:15 ; John 4:6 ;...
Luke 4:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Peter the Son and Servant Luke 4:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We well remember a stained, art-glass window in which the artist had depicted Peter floundering in the sea of Galilee and half drowned....

Luke 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 4:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 4:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Luke 4:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 4:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 4:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary