LUKE 4:1

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Luke 4:1 Translation & Meaning

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And δὲ But, and, etc And
Jesus Ἰησοῦς Jesus (i.e., Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites Jesus
being full πλήρης Replete, or covered over; by analogy, complete being full
of the Holy ἁγίου Sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated) Holy
Ghost πνεύματος A current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit Ghost
returned ὑπέστρεψεν To turn under (behind), i.e., to return (literally or figuratively) returned
from ἀπὸ "off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative) from
Jordan, Ἰορδάνου The Jordanes (i.e., Jarden), a river of Palestine Jordan
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
was led ἤγετο Properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce led
by ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc by
the τῷ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
Spirit πνεύματι A current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit Spirit
into εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases into
the τήν The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
wilderness, ἔρημον Lonesome, i.e., (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, G5561 being implied) wilderness

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

  • 2  Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

  • 3  And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.




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