With the wild beasts (μετα τωυ θηριων). Mark does not give the narrative of the three temptations in Matthew and Luke (apparently …

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

The spirit driveth. The word driveth d…

And he was there in the wilderness.—See Notes on Matthew 4:2-11.

Mark compresses the history by omitting the sever…

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

Mark’s account of the temptation is brief, recording no specific temptation and no victory over Satan. This emphasizes that Jesus’ entire ministry …

And he was there in the wilderness forty days
The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions add, "and forty night…

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…