Luke 4:1

The Temptation of Jesus

4:1 Then ¹  Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River ²  and was led by the Spirit ³  in ⁴  the wilderness, ⁵ 

Matthew 4:1

The Temptation of Jesus

4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ⁶  to be tempted by the devil.

Acts 8:29

8:29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”

Acts 10:19

10:19 While Peter was still thinking seriously about ⁷  the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look! Three men are looking for you.

Acts 11:12

11:12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers ⁸  also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

Acts 16:7

16:7 When they came to ⁹  Mysia, ¹⁰  they attempted to go into Bithynia, ¹¹  but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow ¹²  them to do this, ¹³ 

Revelation 1:10

1:10 I was in the Spirit ¹⁴  on the Lord’s Day ¹⁵  when ¹⁶  I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

Revelation 17:3

17:3 So ¹⁷  he carried me away in the Spirit ¹⁸  to a wilderness, ¹⁹  and there ²⁰  I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate continuity with the previous topic.

² tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

³ 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.

⁴ 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).

⁵ tn Or “desert.”

⁶ tn Or “desert.”

⁷ tn The translation “think seriously about” for διενθυμέομαι (dienqumeomai) is given in L&N 30.2. Peter was “pondering” the vision (BDAG 244 s.v.).

⁸ sn Six witnesses is three times more than what would normally be required. They could confirm the events were not misrepresented by Peter.

⁹ tn BDAG 511 s.v. κατά B.1.b has “to Mysia” here.

¹⁰ sn Mysia was a province in northwest Asia Minor.

¹¹ sn Bithynia was a province in northern Asia Minor northeast of Mysia.

¹² tn Or “permit”; see BDAG 269 s.v. ἐάω 1.

¹³ tn The words “do this” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons, since English handles ellipses differently than Greek.

¹⁴ tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).

¹⁵ tn Concerning the phrase κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ (kuriakh Jhmera) BDAG 576 s.v. κυριακός states: “pert. to belonging to the Lord, the Lord’s…κ. ἡμέρᾳ the Lord’s day (Kephal. I 192, 1; 193, 31…) i.e. certainly Sunday (so in Mod. Gk….) Rv 1:10 (WStott, NTS 12, ’65, 70-75).”

¹⁶ tn The conjunction καί (kai) is not introducing a coordinate thought, but one that is logically subordinate to the main verb ἐγενόμην (egenomhn).

¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s invitation to witness the fate of the prostitute.

¹⁸ tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).

¹⁹ tn Or “desert.”

²⁰ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.