Matthew 4:1
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made 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.
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- 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
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Read in contextLuke 4:1–13
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Read in contextMark 1:12–15
And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
Read in contextHebrews 4:15–16
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.
Read in contextRomans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Read in contextEzekiel 43:5
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Read in contextJohn 14:30
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:14
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
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