Driveth him forth (αυτον εκβαλλε). Vivid word, bolder than Matthew's "was led up" (ανηχθη) and Luke's "was led" (ηγετο). It is the…

Mark here relates concisely what Matthew has recorded, more at length in Matthew 4.

The spirit driveth. The word driveth d…

Immediately the spirit driveth him.—See Notes on Matthew 4:1; but note also St. Mark’s characteristic “immediately,” and …

St. John Chrysostom: Because everything Christ did and suffered was for our instruction, after His baptism He began to dwell i…

From his baptism Jesus goes “at once” (GK 2317, a characteristic of Mark) to his temptation. The humbling of Jesus by his identification with the f…

And immediately
As soon as he was baptized, and this testimony had been given of his divine sonship, the very selfsa…

Christ's baptism was his first public appearance, after he had long lived unknown. How much hidden worth is there, which in this world is not known…