Luke
4:1-13
Lesson 110
4:1-13
Lesson 110
Luke 4:1-13
The two Adams 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 when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 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. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. |
Margin notes:
"Returned from Jordan." (4:1) - Means, "Returned from the Jordan River" where Jesus had just been baptized by John in Luke 3:21-22 (reading 109). "The wilderness." (4:1) - A desert area in Judea east of Jerusalem and north of the Dead Sea. "Forty days tempted." (4:2) - Jesus was tempted (tested) by Satan for the entire forty days of His fast, not just the three temptations chronicled here. Additional note; Moses spent forty days with God on Mt. Sinai (Exodus 34:28) and Elijah traveled forty days to Mt. Horeb to speak with God (1 Kings 19:7-9). "Man shall not live by bread alone." (4:4) - Jesus is paraphrasing Deuteronomy 8:3. "All this power will I give thee.....for that is delivered unto me." (4:6) - God gave this power over the earth to Satan, temporarily. Satan can delegate this power to others (Revelation 13:2). "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God." (4:8) - Paraphrased from Deuteronomy 6:12-18 and 10:20. "Set him on a pinnacle of the temple." (4:9) - "Set Him on the highest peak of the Temple." "For it is written... (4:10) - Satan is quoting Psalm 91:11-12 as he tempts Jesus. Satan knows Scripture, but just knowing Scripture isn't enough "To keep thee." (4:10) - "To guard, protect you." "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." (4:12) - Jesus is referencing Deuteronomy 6:16. "For a season." (4:13) - "For a while." Jesus will confront Satan again. "Christ's defeat of Satan in the wilderness was decisive but not final. Throughout his ministry, Jesus would confront Satan in many forms." (The "Life Application Study Bible" published by Tyndale House Publishing, Carol Stream, Illinois; page 1957). |