Matthew 4:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. ”

Matthew 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit - Led up by the Spirit. Luke says Luke 4:1 that Jesus was “full of the Holy Spirit;” and it was by his influence, therefore, that he went into the desert to...
Matthew 4:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then was (1) Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. (1) Christ is tempted in all manner of ways, and still overcomes, that we also through his virtue may overcome...
Matthew 4:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Temptation ( Mark 1:12 f.*, Luke 4:1-13 *). Jesus'sudden recognition of His Sonship or Messiah-ship and of the responsibility thus laid upon Him, found natural expression in His retirement i...
Matthew 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Then. Immediately after His anointing as Messiah, "the second man" ( 1 Corinthians 15:47 ), "the last Adam" ( 1 Corinthians 15:45 ), must be tried like "the first man Adam" ( 1 Corinthians 15:45 ;...
Matthew 4:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 4:1 . Then Jesus was led. There were two reasons why Christ withdrew into the wilderness. The first was, that, after a fast of forty days, he might come forth as a new man, or rather...
Matthew 4:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1286 CHRIST’S TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1 . Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil . THE agency of Satan in the affairs of man cannot be doubte...
Matthew 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit - This transaction appears to have taken place immediately after Christ's bapti...
Matthew 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then was Jesus led up, &c.— Then, that is to say , immediately after his baptism, was Jesus led, or borne by a strong impulse of the Spirit on his mind, (see Luke 4:14 .) into the wilder...
Matthew 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Then, х Tote ( G5119 )] - an indefinite note of sequence. But Mark's word ( Mark 1:12 ) fixes what we s...
Matthew 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Of the spirit ] i.e. of the Holy Spirit. God Himself ordained that Jesus should be tempted or tried, because only through temptation can human nature attain to perfection. Even the angels had to pas...
Matthew 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (1) The narrative of the Temptation is confessedly one of the most mysterious in the Gospel records. In one respect it stands almost, if not altogether, alone. It could not have come, directly...
Matthew 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 His Temptation - Matthew 4:1-11 MUCH has been written on the possibility of temptation in the experience of a sinless Being. The difficulties which have been raised in this region are...
Matthew 4:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Tempted by the Devil Matthew 4:1-11 Then marks the close connection between the heavenly voice of the baptism and the fiery ordeal of the forty days. Notice that temptation is not in itself...
Matthew 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens, He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodn...
Matthew 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. CONTENTS CHRIST's temptations. The call of his Apostles. His Preaching and Miracles. I detain the Reader at this...
Matthew 4:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PURPOSE OF LENT ‘Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.’ Matthew 4:1 Our Lord before He entered upon His public ministry was tempted. He face...
Matthew 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit ,.... The Evangelist having finished his account of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ; of his ministry and baptism; and particularly of the baptism of Ch...
Matthew 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Ver. 1. Then was Jesus led up ] Lest haply the people, hearing that testimony from heaven, should come and take...
Matthew 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then After the afore-mentioned glorious manifestation of his Father's love, by which he was armed for the combat. Was Jesus led by the Spirit By a strong impulse of the Spirit of God, of which he...
Matthew 4:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

There could be no doubt therefore that He would fulfil this virtual pledge to bear their sins on Calvary. Notice too that the Father approves Him in this unqualified way before His being tested by Sa...
Matthew 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had...
Matthew 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; MATTHEW CHAPTER 4 Matthew 4:1-11 Christ fasts forty days, is tempted of the devil, and ministered unto by angels. Matthew 4:12-16 He dwelleth in Capernaum, Matthew 4:17 begins to...
Matthew 4:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.' Jesus was ‘led up of the Spirit' into the wilderness. The Spirit knew how important it was that He understood ho...
Matthew 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS—GENERAL REMARKS There is only one way of understanding the narrative , viz. as the history of a real occurrence, of an actual temptation of our Lord by the...
Matthew 4:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Then was Jesus The temptation of Christ, the "last Adam" ( 1 Corinthians 15:45 ) is best understood when contrasted with that of the "first man Adam." Adam was tempted in his place of lord of...
Matthew 4:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 4:1 I. When the first Adam fell, by temptation, from a garden to a wilderness, from abundance to want, from empire to slavery, from heaven to hell; and when by the same steps as he descend...
Matthew 4:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 4:1 . Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. What a change it seems from the descent of the Holy Spirit to being led up into the wilderness to...
Matthew 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 4:1 . Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit, υπο του πνευματος, the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek article, and declared in the verses preseding. Led into the wilderness, where he...
Matthew 4:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

To be tempted of the devil. The possibility and necessity of the temptation I. If our Lord had not become incarnate He would never have been tempted, for temptation is not possible to God. God...
Matthew 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 4:1-40 THE TEMPTATION . The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of himself for the work of the kingdom does not exclude temptation, but rather necessitates...
Matthew 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Temptation in the Wilderness. Jesus, by His baptism and the accompanying supernatural manifestations, had been formally and publicly inaugurated into His ministry. But He was not to begin His...
Matthew 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:12 ; 2 Kings 2:16 ; Acts 8:39 ; Ezekiel 11:1 ; Ezekiel 11:24 ; Ezekiel 3:12 ; Ezekiel 3:14 ; Ezekiel 40:2 ; Ezekiel 43:5 ; Ezekiel 8:3 ; Genesis 3:15 ; Hebrews 2:18 ; Hebrews...
Matthew 4:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Temptation Matthew 4:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The temptation of Christ in the wilderness had no direct bearing upon our salvation, as we are saved by His Blood. However, the temptation did...
Matthew 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Then — After this glorious evidence of his Father's love, he was completely armed for the combat. Thus after the clearest light and the strongest consolation, let us expect the sharpest temptations...

Matthew 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 4:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 4:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 4:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 4:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 4:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 4:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 4:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 4:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 4:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes