THen] Presently after he was baptized, Mark 1:12. and solemnly proclaimed to be the Sonne of God, by whom mankinde was to be reconciled unto God. Jesus led] Mark 1:12. Luke 4:1. led up] Relating to the wildernesse, as higher then the confines of Jordan, the place where he was baptized: or, simply led, or led aside, or withdrawn, as Luke 4:1. of the spirit] Or, by the spirit. Either by inspiration of the Spirit of God, as Romans 8:14. which was so forcible, that it is called, Driving, Mark 1:12. Or, guided by the dove that rested on him, chap. 3. 16. as the Israelites were led by the cloud and pillar of fire, psal. 78. 14. and the wise men by the star, chap. 2. 9. Or, lifted up from the earth (as the word here may signifie) and his body carried into the wildernesse by the power of Gods Spirit, as 1 Kings 18:12. 2 Kings 2:16. Ezek. 3. 12, 14, 15. and 11. 1. into the wildernesse] Not a place little inhabited, like that wherein John Baptist lived, chap. 3. 1. but a place not inhabited by men, where wilde beasts were, Mark 1:13. The devil had the more advantage to tempt our Saviour, in a place where no man could hinder him, nor assist Christ. to be tempted of the devil] Not to be tried by God with affliction, as Abraham was, Genesis 22:1-2, &c. but to be sollicited by Satan to evil, as 1 Chronicles 21:1. that he might overcome him, who by temptation overcame our first parents.