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Luke 4:1: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ

“And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,”Luke 4:1

Luke 4:1 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 2 different readings across the site. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.

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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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What does Luke 4:1 mean?

Luke 4:1 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.

Where is Luke 4:1 in the Bible?

Luke 4:1 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.

How does Luke 4:1 point to Jesus?

Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens Luke 4:1 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.

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