Mark 1:12
And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
Mark 1:12 in other translations
| BSB | At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, |
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| WEB | Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. |
| ASV | And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness. |
| YLT | And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness, |
| DARBY | And immediately the Spirit drives him out into the wilderness. |
| BBE | And straight away the Spirit sent him out into the waste land. |
| Webster | And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. |
What does Mark 1:12 mean?
Barnes' Notes
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 Lk 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 1:9-13
Christ's baptism was his first public appearance, after he had long lived unknown. How much hidden worth is there, which in this world is not known! But sooner or later it shall be known, as Christ was. He took upon himself the likeness of sinful flesh; and thus, for our sakes, he sanctified himself, that we also might be sanctified, and be baptized with him, Joh 17:19. See how honourably God owned him, when he…
Mark 1:12 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 1:12
- Matthew 4:1-11
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. …
- Luke 4:1-13
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mt 4:1-11; Lu 4:1-4
driveth.Or, "sendeth him forth," [ekballo 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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Context
- Mark 1:11
And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- Mark 1:12
And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
- Mark 1:13
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Mark 1:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y luego el Espíritu le impele al desierto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et aussitôt l’Esprit le pousse dans le désert. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und alsbald treibt der Geist ihn hinaus in die Wüste. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et statim Spiritus expulit eum in desertum. |