Where a verse leads
Matthew 4:1: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”Matthew 4:1
Matthew 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.
Read it in its place
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Matthew 4 · King James Version
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What does Matthew 4:1 mean?
Matthew 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 Matthew 4:1 in the Bible?
Matthew 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 Matthew 4:1 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens Matthew 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.