Lenten Season · First Sunday in Lent · Year C
Luke 4:1-13
The Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness
March 5, 2028

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"Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil." (Luke 4:1-2)
Fresh from his baptism, Jesus is driven into the wilderness where the devil tests him three times, over bread, power, and presumption on God. Jesus answers each test from Deuteronomy, and Luke's opening word for Lent is that the Spirit-filled Son of God can be tested without being defeated.
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Commentary on Luke 4:1-13 Working Preacher
Working Preacher's reading of the Adam-Christ contrast behind Jesus' wilderness testing.
Luke 4:1-13 Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching-focused commentary on the same Year C occurrence of this text.
Luke 4 - David Guzik Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse by verse evangelical commentary on all three temptations and Jesus' replies.
Luke 4 Commentary Precept Austin
Word-study heavy commentary outlining the three temptations as self-serving, self-honoring, and self-proving.
Luke 4:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregated classic commentaries verse by verse on the wilderness testing.
Luke 4:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek text and parsing for peirazo (tempted/tested), the passage's key verb.
Trust and See, Lent 1 (C) Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church
A ready-to-preach Anglican sermon connecting the wilderness testing to Lenten trust and almsgiving.
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