1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, …
And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. …
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. …
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We have here the story of a famous duel, fought hand to hand, between Michael and the dragon, the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, nay, the serpent himself; in which the seed of the woman suffers, being tempted , and so has his heel bruised; but the serpent is quite baffled in his temptations, and so has his head broken; and our Lord Jesus comes off a Conqueror, and so secures not on…
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