1Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. The Spirit led Jesus into the desert2where the devil tempted Jesus for forty days. Jesus ate nothing during that time, and when those days were ended, he was very hungry. ...
This is very unusual for Jesus to refer to this man as “son.” It’s the only time in the Gospels that he referred to anyone by this title. This is denoting affection and kindness. It was usually used only to refer to kindred. Therefore, Jesus is speaking to him as his God and ...
11“I can guarantee this truth: Of all the people ever born, no one is greater than John the Baptizer. Yet, the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John.12From the time of John the Baptizer until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, ...
The number forty is used so often in the Bible that it seems to be a rounded rather more than an exact figure, much as we might say "a month" in an imprecise manner.55 In any case, Jesus spent a long time in the desert. A long time to be tempted. A long time to fast....
AT that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. BL Smith 被引量: 0发表: 1993年 The recapitulation of israel: use of israel's history in matthew 1:1-4:11 The argument of...
During this time, several people became his disciples. One of these was Mary Magdalene, who is first mentioned the Gospel of Luke (8:1–3) and later in all four Gospels at the crucifixion. Although she isn’t mentioned in the context of the 12 apostles, she is considered to have been...
also developed a psychotic disorder but it was shrugged off at the time as related to his drug abuse. Probably so. He later committed suicide. Flash forward a few decades and I am the only surviving member of my immediate family who all lived for years in that house, all deceased due to...
‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out;or‘Look,He isin the inner rooms!’ do not believeit.27For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.28For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered...
also developed a psychotic disorder but it was shrugged off at the time as related to his drug abuse. Probably so. He later committed suicide. Flash forward a few decades and I am the only surviving member of my immediate family who all lived for years in that house, all deceased due to...
9At that time Jesus came from the town of Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.10Immediately, as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven open. The Holy Spirit came down on him like a dove,11and a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son,...