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Luke 4:1

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AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
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  1. Matthew 4:1–11Rank 1 from verse 1
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    1THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

    2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

    3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

    4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

    5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

    6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

    7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

    8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

    9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

    10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

    11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

  2. Acts 10:38Rank 2 from verse 1
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    38How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

  3. Mark 1:12–13Rank 3 from verse 1
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    12And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

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

  4. Luke 4:18Rank 4 from verse 1
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    18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

  5. Isaiah 61:1Rank 5 from verse 1
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    1THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

  6. John 3:34Rank 6 from verse 1
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    34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

  7. John 1:32Rank 7 from verse 1
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    32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

  8. Matthew 3:16Rank 8 from verse 1
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    16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

  9. Isaiah 11:2–4Rank 9 from verse 1
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    2And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

    3And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

    4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

  10. Ezekiel 3:14Rank 10 from verse 1
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    14So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

  11. Luke 4:14Rank 11 from verse 1
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    14¶ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

  12. Luke 3:21–22Rank 12 from verse 1
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    21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

    22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

  13. Acts 8:39Rank 13 from verse 1
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    39And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

  14. 1 Kings 19:4Rank 14 from verse 1
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    4¶ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

  15. Luke 2:27Rank 15 from verse 1
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    27And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

  16. Acts 1:2Rank 16 from verse 1
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    2Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

  17. 1 Kings 18:12Rank 17 from verse 1
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    12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.

  18. Luke 3:3Rank 18 from verse 1
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    3And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

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Luke 4:1

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holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ghost

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Sense 1: A spirit. Sense 2: In the title Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit of God. Sense 3: The life or spirit yielded up at death, in the expression to give or yield up the ghost.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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returned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of return, meaning to go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

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

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4:2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

4:3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

4:4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

4:5And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

4:6And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

4:7If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

4:8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

4:10For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

4:11And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

4:12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

4:13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

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