Mark 1:12-13 And immediately the spirit drives him into the wilderness.… The lion is said to be boldest in the storm. His roar, it is said, never sounds so loud as in the pauses of the thunder; and when the lightning flashes, brightest are the flashes of his cruel eye. Even so he who goeth about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, often seizes the hour of nature's greatest distress to assault us with his fiercest temptations. He tempted Job when he was bowed down with grief. He tempted Peter when he was weary with watching and heart broken with sorrow. And here, too, he tempts Jesus Christ when He is faint with hunger. (T. Guthrie, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.WEB: Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. |
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