11 Then there was a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am [a]well pleased.

12 (A)[b]And immediately the Spirit [c]driveth him into the wilderness.

13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, and was tempted of Satan: he was also with the wild beasts, and the Angels ministered unto him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:11 See also Matt. 3:17.
  2. Mark 1:12 Christ being tempted overcometh.
  3. Mark 1:12 Here is no violent and forcible driving out meant: but the divine power claddeth Christ (who had lived until this time as a private man) with a new person, and prepareth him to the combat that was at hand, and to his ministry.

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