Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The smallest bird can pick off the blossoms of a tree; if that blossom be not nibbled away, but grow a fair apple, the hurt is small that the fowls of the air can do unto it: so the firstlings of a godly life are in the greatest danger; Satan wants no sagacity to observe his advantages, but is aware that if the camp put their spade into the ground for a few days, and cast their trenches, they will hardly be displanted. (Hacket.)Christ is no sooner out of the water of baptism than He is in the tire of temptation. (Burkit.) Parallel Verses 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. |
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