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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost,.... The Spirit of God having descended on him at his baptism, and afresh anointed, and filled his human nature with his gifts, whereby, as man, he was abundantly furnished for the great work of the public ministry, he was just about to enter upon; yet must first go through a series of temptations, and which,...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ¾ “Full of the Holy Ghost” ¾and then led “into the wilderness” to be tempted. You would not expect that. Yet it is a sadder thing to be led into a wilderness when you are not filled with the Spirit, and a sadder thing to be tempted when the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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; according to which the sense is, that Jesus was led by the Spirit forty days in the wilderness, before he was tempted by Satan, and in order to it: but our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Being forty days tempted of the devil. Six weeks of temptation. We read the story of the temptation, perhaps, in six minutes; but it lasted for nearly six weeks Forty days tempted of the devil.” Luk_4:2. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. It does not appear, therefore, that Jesus hungered while...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the devil said unto him,.... Who now visibly appeared, and spoke unto him with an articulate voice: if thou be the Son of God; as has been just now declared by a voice from heaven; or seeing thou art in such a relation to God, and so equal to him, and possessed of all divine perfections, and among the rest, of almighty power; wherefore, since...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the devil said unto him, “If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.” Satan met the hungry Man, and suited his temptation to his present pangs, to his special weakness at that moment: “If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.” The devil suspected, and I think he knew that Jesus was the Son...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus answered him, saying, it is written,.... In Deuteronomy 8:3 that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God; suggesting hereby, that when it is the will of God, human nature may be maintained by the influence of divine power, without the use of ordinary means; and that bread itself, without a divine blessing, would not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written,” That is Christ’s sword. See how swiftly he drew it out of its sheath. What a sharp two-edged sword is this to be used against Satan! You also, believer, have this powerful weapon in your hand; let no man take it from you. Believe in the inspiration of Scripture. Just now there is a fierce attack...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the devil taking him up into an high mountain,.... Somewhere near Jerusalem, but what mountain is not certain. The Evangelist Luke makes this to be the second temptation, which, with Matthew, is the third and last; and whose order seems to be more proper and natural than this, and to be the true and genuine one, which Luke neglects, though he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the devil, Now he tries him again. There is wave upon wave trying to wash the Son of man off his feet. Luk_4:5. Taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. Skeptics have asked how that could be done. Well, they had better ask him who did it. He knows more about them, and they know...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the devil said unto him, all this power will I give thee,..... That is, all the kingdoms of the world, and all the government and jurisdiction over them: and the glory of them; the riches, honours, and grandeur belonging to them: for that is delivered unto me: so far he spoke modestly, in that he owned an original, superior governor of them,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me and to whomsoever I will I give it. Does not be talk proudly in the, presence of his Lord and Master? What an audacious dog he must have been thus to howl in the presence of him who could have destroyed him by a look or a word, if he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If thou therefore wilt worship me,.... Or "before me"; that is, fall down before him, and give him divine worship and homage. A wide difference there is between a good angel and a fallen angel; a good angel will not suffer himself to be worshipped by men, but directs to the worship of God only, Revelation 19:10 but a fallen angel not only seeks to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If thou therefore, wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: The temptation annoyed him, it was so foreign to his holy nature, it vexed his gracious spirit, so he cried out indignantly to the tempter: “Get thee behind me, Satan.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus answered and said unto him,.... The following words, with indignation at him, and detestation of his proposals: get thee behind me, Satan; which are omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, and in three ancient copies of Beza's, and in his most ancient one; but stand in other copies, and in the Arabic version. For...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For it is written, Here flashed forth the sword again. Luk_4:8. Thou, shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then let us pay no reverence, no worship, to any but God. Consciences and minds are made for God alone; before him let us bow; but if all the world were proffered us for a moment’s idolatry, let us not fall into the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he brought him to Jerusalem,.... The holy city, as Matthew calls it, from the wilderness thither; where he found him, and first attacked him, and perhaps he brought him through the air: and set him on a pinnacle of the temple; which was in Jerusalem; [See comments on Matthew 4:6]. And said unto him, if thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he brought him to Jerusalem, Satan now takes Christ to holy ground. Temptations are generally more severe there. Luk_4:9. And set him on a pinnacle of the temple, The highest point of all; elevated high above the earth.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, test at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Now Satan tries to quote Scripture, as he can do when it answers his purpose; but he never quotes it...