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commentaryMatthew Henry on Luke 4:1-13Christ's being led into the wilderness gave an advantage to the tempter; for there he was alone, none were with him by whose prayers and advice he might be helped in the hour of temptation. He who knew his own strength…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Temptation in the WildernessTHE TEMPTATION IN THE WILDERNESS. The last words of the foregoing chapter, that Jesus was the Son of Adam, bespeak him to be the seed of the woman; being so, we have here, according to the promise, breaking the serpent'…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 4:1-13The temptation in the wilderness. One of the most mysterious but most suggestive passages in the history of the Christ. Without attempting to indicate all the points presented for reflection (see homiletics on Matthew 4…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 4:1-13The temptation of Christ. From the baptism of Jesus we now pass to his temptation. In the baptism he received, as we have seen, three gifts from the Father—the guarantee of a perfect revelation of the Father's will, of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 4:1-13THE TEMPTATION. The consecration of our Lord in his baptism was immediately followed by what is known as his temptation. It is, perhaps, the most mysterious and least understood of any of the scenes of the public minist…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 4:1And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness; more accurately translated, in the Spirit. The question of the nature of the temptation has been discussed in t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 4:2Being forty days tempted of the devil. For some reason unknown to us, the number forty seems to possess some mystic significance. Moses was forty days alone with the Divine Presence on Horeb. Elijah fasted forty days in…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 4:2-4The temptation of the flesh. There can be no question as to the reality of the temptation. Without contending for the strictly literal sense of the passage, we do maintain that the temptation was a very real thing to ou…Joseph S. Exell and contributors