Luke 4:2

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

Key Reflection

When Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from his baptism in the Jordan, he was immediately led by the Spirit into the wilderness for forty days and nights to be tempted by the devil. This event would have been seen as a pivotal moment for the original audience, drawing parallels between Jesus's experience and that of Moses, who also faced forty days in the wilderness after leaving Egypt (Exodus 34:28). The early Christians likely understood this narrative as affirming Jesus’s divine anointing and his ultimate victory over sin and temptation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 2. Being forty days tempted. That is, through forty days he was tried in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Mt 4:2,3. He did eat nothing. He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting. {b} "in those days" Ex 34:28; 1 Ki 19:8 __________________________________________________________________

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