Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew 4:1
"There were two reasons why Christ withdrew into the wilderness.
--The first was, that, after a fast of forty days, he might come forth as a new man, or rather a heavenly man, to the discharge of his
office.
--The next was, that he might be tried by temptation and undergo an apprenticeship, before he undertook an office so arduous, and so elevated.
*In the same way Moses, when God was about to employ him as his agent in publishing his law, was carried into Mount Sinai, withdrawn from the view of the people, and admitted, as it were, into a heavenly sanctuary."
John Calvin
Matthew 4:1
"There were two reasons why Christ withdrew into the wilderness.
--The first was, that, after a fast of forty days, he might come forth as a new man, or rather a heavenly man, to the discharge of his
--The next was, that he might be tried by temptation and undergo an apprenticeship, before he undertook an office so arduous, and so elevated.
*In the same way Moses, when God was about to employ him as his agent in publishing his law, was carried into Mount Sinai, withdrawn from the view of the people, and admitted, as it were, into a heavenly sanctuary."
John Calvin
