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Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.
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The Spirit "Drives" Jesus
Commentators highlight Mark's use of the strong word "driveth." This isn't a gentle suggestion but a powerful, urgent impulse from the Holy Spirit. As scholar A.T. Robertson notes, it's the same word used for driving out demons. This shows that Jesus' confrontation with Satan in the wilderness was a divinely initiated and necessary part of His mission, not a random event.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Mark here relates concisely what Matthew has recorded, more at length in Matthew 4.
The spirit driveth. The word driveth d…
Driveth him forth (αυτον εκβαλλε). Vivid word, bolder than Matthew's "was led up" (ανηχθη) and Luke's "was led" (ηγετο). It is the…
19th Century
Anglican
Immediately the spirit driveth him.—See Notes on Matthew 4:1; but note also St. Mark’s characteristic “immediately,” and …
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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