Mar 1:12 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 1:12-13: 1:12-13 The Spirit then compelled Jesus (cp. Matt 4:1 ; Luke 4:1 ): Jesus was victorious over Satan and temptation from the beginning of his ministry; the later exorcisms (Mark 1:21-34 ; 3:11-12 ; 5:1-20 ; 9:14-27 ) are an outworking of that victory (see 3:27 ). • Jesus was tempted in the wilderness of Judea. Satan and wild animals (Isa 13:19-22 ; Ezek 34:25 ) give the wilderness an evil aura. The wild animals included dogs, wolves, leopards, jackals, and bears. • The period of forty days recalls Israel’s forty years of testing in the wilderness. Israel failed, but Jesus was victorious—he was tempted without sinning (Heb 2:18 ; 4:15 ; cp. Jas 1:3 , 12 ; 1 Pet 1:7 ; Rev 2:10 ).

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Summary for Mark 1:12-13: 1:12-13 ^a The Spirit then compelled Jesus (cp. Matt 4:1 ^b; Luke 4:1 ^c): Jesus was victorious over Satan and temptation from the beginning of his ministry; the later exorcisms (Mark 1:21-34 ^d; 3:11-12 ^e; 5:1-20 ^f; 9:14-27 ^g) are an outworking of that victory (see 3:27 ^h).

• Jesus was tempted in the wilderness of Judea. Satan and wild animals (Isa 13:19-22 ⁱ; Ezek 34:25 ^j) give the wilderness an evil aura. The wild animals included dogs, wolves, leopards, jackals, and bears.

• The period of forty days recalls Israel’s forty years of testing in the wilderness. Israel failed, but Jesus was victorious—he was tempted without sinning (Heb 2:18 ^k; 4:15 ^l; cp. Jas 1:3 ^m, 12 ⁿ; 1 Pet 1:7 ^o; Rev 2:10 ^p).