LUKE 4:1 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

UST After John baptized him, Jesus came back out of the Jordan River. The Holy Spirit was fully empowering him. Then the Holy Spirit led him into the wilderness.

MSB Then Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,[fn]

BLB And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

AICNT But Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit[fn] [, returned][fn] from the Jordan and was led [by the Spirit][fn] {in}[fn] the wilderness

4:1, Spirit: See footnote for Luke 1:15.

4:1, returned: Absent from ℵ(01).

4:1, by the Spirit: Absent from Latin(b).

4:1, in: 𝔓4 𝔓7 𝔓75 ℵ(01) B(03) D(05) W(032) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts read “into.” A(02) BYZ TR

OEB On returning from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the power of the Spirit through the wilderness for forty days, tempted by the devil.

WEBBE Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

WMBB Yeshua, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

NET Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

LSV And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit into the wilderness,

FBV Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit into the desert,

TCNT Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

T4T As Jesus left the Jordan River valley, the Holy Spirit was completely controlling him.

LEB And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

BBE And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land

Moff From the Jordan Jesus came back full of the holy Spirit,

Wymth Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led about by the Spirit in the Desert for forty days,

ASV And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness

DRA And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert,

YLT And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,

Drby But Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

RV And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
(And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Yordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness )

SLT And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from Jordan, and was led by the Holy Spirit into the desert,

Wbstr And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

KJB-1769 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
(And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Yordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, )

KJB-1611 ¶ And Iesus being full of the holy Ghost, returned from Iordane, and was led by the spirit into the wildernesse,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Iesus, being full of the holy ghost, returned from Iordane, & was ledde by the spirite into wyldernesse,
(Yesus/Yeshua, being full of the holy ghost, returned from Yordan, and was led by the spirit into wilderness,)

Gnva And Iesus full of the holy Ghost returned from Iordan, and was led by that Spirit into the wildernes,
(And Yesus/Yeshua full of the holy Ghost returned from Yordan, and was led by that Spirit into the wilderness, )

Cvdl Iesus full of the holy goost, came agayne from Iordane, and was led of ye sprete into wyldernes,
(Yesus/Yeshua full of the holy ghost, came again from Yordan, and was led of ye/you_all spirit into wilderness,)

TNT Iesus then full of the holy goost returnyd from Iordan and was caryed of the sprete into wildernes
(Yesus/Yeshua then full of the holy ghost returnyd from Yordan and was carried of the spirit into wilderness )

Wycl And Jhesus ful of the Hooli Goost turnede ayen fro Jordan, and was led bi the spirit into desert fourti daies,
(And Yhesus full of the Holy Ghost turned again from Yordan, and was led by the spirit into desert forty days,)

Luth JEsus aber, voll Heiligen Geistes, kam wieder von dem Jordan und ward vom Geist in die Wüste geführet
(Yesus but, full/whole saints/holy_ones spirit, came again from to_him Yordan and what/which from_the spirit in the desert guided)

ClVg Jesus autem plenus Spiritu Sancto regressus est a Jordane: et agebatur a Spiritu in desertum[fn]
(Yesus however full By_Spirit Holy regressus it_is from Yordane: and was_being_done from By_Spirit in/into/on desert )

4.1 Et agebatur. AMBR. Agebatur in desertum, hoc consilio, ut diabolum provocaret; nam nisi ille certasset, iste mihi non vicisset; mysterio, ut Adam de exsilio liberaret; exemplo, ut ostenderet nobis diabolum ad meliora tendentibus invidere. In desertum. Historialiter: in illo deserto quod est inter Hierusalem et Hiericho, ubi figuraliter dixerat Adam a diabolo victum fuisse.

4.1 And was_being_done. AMBR. Agebatur in/into/on desert, this by_design/by_the_advice, as devil provocaret; for/surely except he/that_one certasset, this to_me not/no villagesset; mystery, as Adam from/about exile would_free; example, as would_show us devil to better tendentibus to_envy. In desert. Historialiter: in/into/on that/there in_the_desert that it_is between Hierusalem and Hiericho, where figure/formliter had_said Adam from devil food to_have_been.

UGNT Ἰησοῦς δὲ πλήρης Πνεύματος Ἁγίου, ὑπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ ἤγετο ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ,
(Yaʸsous de plaʸraʸs Pneumatos Hagiou, hupestrepsen apo tou Yordanou, kai aʸgeto en tōi Pneumati en taʸ eraʸmōi,)

SBL-GNT Ἰησοῦς δὲ ⸂πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου⸃ ὑπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ ἤγετο ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ⸂ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ⸃
(Yaʸsous de ⸂plaʸraʸs pneumatos hagiou⸃ hupestrepsen apo tou Yordanou, kai aʸgeto en tōi pneumati ⸂en taʸ eraʸmōi⸃)

RP-GNT Ἰησοῦς δὲ πνεύματος ἁγίου πλήρης ὑπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ ἤγετο ἐν τῷ πνεύματι εἰς τὴν ἔρημον,
(Yaʸsous de pneumatos hagiou plaʸraʸs hupestrepsen apo tou Yordanou, kai aʸgeto en tōi pneumati eis taʸn eraʸmon,)

TC-GNT Ἰησοῦς δὲ [fn]Πνεύματος Ἁγίου πλήρης ὑπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ ἤγετο ἐν τῷ πνεύματι [fn]εἰς τὴν ἔρημον,
(Yaʸsous de Pneumatos Hagiou plaʸraʸs hupestrepsen apo tou Yordanou, kai aʸgeto en tōi pneumati eis taʸn eraʸmon, )

4:1 πνευματος αγιου πληρης ¦ πληρης πνευματος αγιου ANT CT PCK

4:1 εις την ερημον ¦ εν τη ερημω CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–13: Satan tempted Jesus

In this section, Luke wrote that the devil (Satan) tempted Jesus, that is, the devil tried to persuade Jesus to do things that God did not want Jesus to do. Luke told about three of those things. Jesus did not do any of the things that the devil suggested. He refused the devil and his temptations by quoting the word of God from the book of Deuteronomy.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

The Temptation of Jesus

Jesus Is Tempted by the Devil (NCV)

There is a parallel passage for this section in Matthew 4:1–11, and a shorter version occurs in Mark 1:12–13.

4:1a

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan

¶ After Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit, he/Jesus went away from the Jordan,
¶ When the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus, it guided/directed him. Then he/Jesus left the Jordan River,
¶ When Jesus returned from the Jordan River, the power of the Holy Spirit was with him (CEV)

Then: After the baptism of Jesus in 3:21–22, Luke gave a list of Jesus’ ancestors in 3:23–38. This was background information about Jesus. Here in this paragraph, Luke continued the story of Jesus’ life by telling what happened after Jesus was baptized. In some languages, it may be natural to show that this story continues from 3:22 by repeating part of the information in that verse. For example:

After John baptized him, Jesus,

In other languages, it may be natural to begin this paragraph with a time word or phrase, as the BSB and some other English versions do by saying Then. This reflects a connecting word that is in the Greek.

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit: The phrase Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit means that the Holy Spirit came to be with Jesus. The Holy Spirit guided Jesus and gave him power to do all that God wanted him to do. Another way to translate this is:

the power of the Holy Spirit was with him (CEV)

A similar expression occurs in 1:15c.

the Holy Spirit: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as Holy Spirit refers to the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit is God, together with God the Father and God the Son. The Holy Spirit is Spirit in the sense that he is a living being who does not have a physical body. He is Holy in the sense that he is divine. He is perfect in every way and is completely pure and sinless. Because of these qualities, he is worthy of awe.

Some other ways to translate Holy Spirit are:

Spirit/Breath of God

God’s Spirit

Sacred Spirit

The Holy Spirit is not a ghost of a dead person. Your translation should not imply this or that God has died.

This term also occurs in 3:16d. Translate it the same way in both places. See also holy, sense A2, in KBT.

returned from: In this context, the phrase returned from means “left.” Jesus left the Jordan River where John had baptized him and went into the desert. For example:

he left the Jordan River (GW)

the Jordan: The phrase the Jordan here means the Jordan River.

4:1b

and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

and the Spirit led him to the desert.
and the Holy Spirit led him into the wilderness.
and led/guided him into the bush/steppes.

and was led by the Spirit: The verb was led is passive. If it is more natural in your language to use an active verb here, you can say:

the Spirit led him

led: The word led here means “guided” or “directed.”

the Spirit: The word Spirit here refers to the Holy Spirit. This is the same Spirit as in 4:1a.

into the wilderness: The Greek word that the BSB translates as wilderness refers to a wild or desolate area where few people lived. It was often a dry area, and so some English versions translate the word as “desert.” However, it was not just barren sand and rock. Some wild grasses and bushes grew there.

Some languages have a special word to refer to such an area, such as “the bush” (Africa) or “steppes” (Asia). It may be appropriate to use such a word if it does not have wrong cultural connotations in this context.

This same word occurs in 1:80b and 3:2b.

Parallel LUKE 4:1

Section 4:1–13: Satan tempted Jesus

4:1a

4:1b