Luke 4:1 Douay-Rheims

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert,

Basil of Caesarea

c. A.D. 330–379 Patristic

For not by word provoking the enemy, but by His actions rousing him, He seeks the wilderness. For the devil delights in the wilderness, he is not wont to go into the cities, the harmony of the citizens troubles him.

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A.D. 379 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 4:1-4

PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. Luke ↗

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