Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
3 The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- KJV
- Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
- WEB
- Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- ASV
- Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
- DARBY
- Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:
- BLB
- Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.
- ÅB
- Da ble Jesus ført av Ånden ut i ødemarken for å fristes av djevelen.
- OTB
- Så ble Jesus ledet av Ånden ut i ørkenen for å bli fristet av djevelen.
- B1930
- Da blev Jesus av Ånden ført ut i ørkenen for å fristes av djevelen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 2:18
Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
Read in contextLuke 4:1–13
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Read in contextMark 1:12–15
At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,
Read in contextHebrews 4:15–16
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Read in contextRomans 8:14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Read in contextEzekiel 43:5
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
Read in contextJohn 14:30
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
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