Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 1:12

"And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness." — Mark 1:12 (ASV)

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 failure and sin of humankind at the Baptism is continued by his subjection to the onslaughts of Satan. The same Holy Spirit who came on Jesus at his baptism drives him out into the desert.