Luke 2:23

2:23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male ¹  will be set apart to the Lord” ² ),

Luke 4:1

The Temptation of Jesus

4:1 Then ³  Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River ⁴  and was led by the Spirit ⁵  in ⁶  the wilderness, ⁷ 

Luke 12:12

12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment ⁸  what you must say.” ⁹ 

¹ tn Grk “every male that opens the womb” (an idiom for the firstborn male).

² sn An allusion to Exod 13:2, 12, 15.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate continuity with the previous topic.

⁴ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

⁵ sn The double mention of the Spirit in this verse makes it clear that the temptation was neither the fault of Jesus nor an accident.

⁶ tc Most mss (A Θ Ξ Ψ 0102 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) read εἰς τὴν ἔρημον (ei" thn erhmon, “into the wilderness”), apparently motivated by the parallel in Matt 4:1. However, the reading behind the translation (ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, en th ejrhmw) is found in overall better witnesses (Ì^4vid,7,75vid א B D L W 579 892 1241 pc it).

⁷ tn Or “desert.”

⁵ tn Grk “in that very hour” (an idiom).

⁶ tn Grk “what it is necessary to say.”