Quotes & Notes on:
Mark 1:12
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John Wesley's Notes:
And immediately the Spirit thrusteth him out into the
wilderness-So in all the children of God, extraordinary manifestations
of his favour are wont to be followed by extraordinary temptations. Mt
4:1; Lu 4:1.
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
* the Spirit. Mt 4:1-11; Lu 4:1-4
* driveth.
Or, "sendeth him forth," [ekballo <See definition 1544>
auton.] The expression does not necessarily imply any
violence; but seems to intimate the energy of that impulse on
our Lord, by which he was inwardly constrained to retire from
society.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary:
The Spirit driveth him]  ,
putteth him forth. St. Matthew says, Mt 4:1,
 , was brought up. See this important
subject of our Lord's temptation explained at large, Mt 4:1-11.
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Family Bible Notes:
Driveth him; constraineth or inclineth him. The same word, in Mt 9:38,
is translated "send forth."
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1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
Christ being tempted overcomes. (i) "Driveth" here does not refer to
something violent and forcible: but the divine power clothes Christ (who
had lived until this time as a private man) with a new person, and
prepares him for the battle that was at hand, and for his ministry.
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People's New Testament Commentary:
(No comment on this verse).
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Robertson's Word Pictures:
Driveth him forth (auton ekballei). Vivid word, bolder than Matthew's
"was led up" (anęchthę) and Luke's "was led" (ęgeto). It is the same
word employed in the driving out of demons (Mr 1:34,39). Mark has here
"straightway" where Matthew has "then" (see on verse "Mr 1:9"). The
forty days in the wilderness were under the direct guidance of the Holy
Spirit. The entire earthly life of Jesus was bound up with the Holy
Spirit from his birth to his death and resurrection.
Albert Barnes' Commentary:
Mark here relates concisely what Matthew has recorded, more
at length in Mt 4:1-25.
The spirit driveth. The word driveth does not mean that he was compelled
forcibly against his will to go there, but that he was inclined to go
there by the Spirit, or was led there. The Spirit of God, for important
purposes, caused him to go. Comp. Mt 9:25, where the same word is used
in the original: "But when the people were put forth"-- in Greek, all
driven out.
And was with the wild beasts. This is added to show the desolation and
danger of his dwelling there. In this place, surrounded by such dangers,
the temptations offered by Satan were the stronger. Amidst want, and
perils, Satan might suppose he would be more easily seduced from God.
But he trusted in his Father, and was alike delivered from dangers, from
the wild beasts, and from the power of temptation: thus teaching us what
to do in the day of danger and trial.
And the angels ministered unto him. From Lu 4:2, we learn that in those
days he did eat nothing. When Mark says, therefore, that the angels
ministered to him, it means after the days of temptation had expired, as
is said by Matthew, Mt 4:11.
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Jamieson-Faussett Brown:
Mr 1:12,13. TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. ( = Mt 4:1-11; Lu 4:1-13).
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Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:
(No comment on this verse).
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William Burkitt's Notes:
Immediately, That is, 1. After his baptism. Christ is no sooner
out of the water of baptism, but he is in the fire of temptation: such
as are baptized with Christ, and entered into the profession of
christianity, must look to be assaulted with Satan's temptations.
Again, immediately, that is, 2. After the Father had declared his
complacency in him, and being well pleased with him.
Learn thence, That great manifestations of love from God are usually
followed with great temptations from God. The Spirit driveth him, that
is, the Holy Spirit of God. For the devil is seldom, if ever, called the
Spirit, but usually some brand of reproach is annexed, as the evil
spirit, or the unclean spirit and the like.
Christ was led by the Spirit, says Mt 4:1. He was driven by the Spirit,
says St. Mark; that is, he was carried by a strong impulse of the Spirit
of God to be tempted by Satan, and did not go of his own private motion
to enter the lists with Satan. Teaching us our duty, not to run into or
rush upon temptations, without a warrant and call from God.
Observe next, The place where Satan assaulted Christ with his
temptations: it was a solitary wilderness. No place can privilege us
from temptations, or be a sanctuary from Satan's assaults. The solitary
wilderness has a tempter in it: yea, Satan oftentimes makes use of men's
solitariness to further his temptations; and such as separate themselves
from human society, and give themselves up to solitude and retirement,
give great advantage to the tempter to tempt them.
Observe next, the time and continuance of our holy Lord's temptations;
not for an hour, a day, a week, or a month, but for forty days and forty
nights; not all the time, but very often in that time. Teaching us what
we are to expect from Satan; temptations not a few; he will not solicit
us once, but often to resist him.
Observe farther, A special aggravation of our Lord's temptations in the
wilderness. He was with the wild beasts, having no comfort from man, but
only wild beasts for his companions, which were more likely to annoy and
hurt him, than any way to help and comfort him. Here we have an evidence
of the divine power of Christ; who, as Lord of the creatures, can alter
and change the nature of the creature at his pleasure; restraining the
most savage and hurtful beasts from hurting either himself or any of his
people.
Observe lastly, The supply sent in to Christ in the hour of temptation:
The angels came and ministered unto him; food to his hungry body, and
comfort to his tempted soul.
Learn thence, that those who in the hour of temptation do hold out in
resisting Satan, shall find that the power and faithfulness of God will
not be wanting to them to send in succour and relief at last; Then the
devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:
(No comment on this verse).
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole
Bible:
(No comment on this verse).
- The Fourfold Gospel:
And straightway. Just after his baptism, with the glow of the descended
Spirit still upon him, and the commending voice of the Father still
ringing in his ears, Jesus is rushed into the suffering of temptation.
Thus abrupt and violent are the changes of life. The spiritually exalted
may expect these sharp contrasts. After being in the third heaven, Paul
had a messenger of Satan to buffet him (2Co 12:7).
The Spirit driveth him forth. The two expressions "driveth" and "led up"
(Mt 4:1; Lu 4:1) show that Jesus was drawn to the wilderness by an
irresistible impulse, and did not go hither of his own volition (Eze
40:2). He was brought into temptation, but did not seek it. He was led
of God into temptation, but was not tempted of God. God may bring us
into temptation (Mt 6:13; 26:41; Job 1:12; 2:6), and may make temptation
a blessing unto us, tempering it to our strength, and making us stronger
by the victory over it (1Co 10:13; Jas 1:2,12), but God himself never
tempts us (Jas 1:13).
Into the wilderness. The wilderness sets in back of Jericho and extends
thence along the whole western shore of the Dead Sea. The northern end
of this region is in full view from the Jordan as one looks westward,
and a more desolate and forbidding landscape it would be hard to find.
It is vain to locate the temptation in any particular part of it. Jesus
may have wandered about over nearly all of it.
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