Chapter 4 begins with Jesus in the wilderness being tempted by Satan. He returns to preach and perform healing miracles in Judea and Galilee.

David Guzik commentary on Luke 4, in which Jesus starts His ministry in Galilea and is led into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan.

In this story of Christ's temptation, observe, I. How he was prepared and fitted for it. He that designed him the trial furnished him accordingly.

The reading in Luke 4:1-13 is the familiar story of Jesus' temptation by the devil in the wilderness. This story is so well known that we sometimes conflate the ...

The temptation story shows us Jesus choosing once and for all the method by which he proposed to win men to God. It shows him rejecting the way of power and ...

By Christ, sinners may be loosed from the bonds of guilt, and by his Spirit and grace from the bondage of corruption. He came by the word of his gospel, to ...

Verses 1-13. - THE TEMPTATION. The consecration of our Lord in his baptism was immediately followed by what is known as his temptation.

The whole passage (Luke 4:14-30) is structured around a pattern of proclamations by Jesus and responses from the hometown synagogue audience.

The crowd's amazement at Jesus's authority increases because He not only teaches with authority, He even commands unclean demons and they obey Him.

In conclusion, Luke 4:18 serves as a powerful declaration of Jesus' mission and purpose. It calls us, as His followers, to continue His work in the world today.