και 2532 CONJ ευθυς 2117 ADV το 3588 T-NSN πνευμα 4151 N-NSN αυτον 846 P-ASM εκβαλλει 1544 5719 V-PAI-3S εις 1519 PREP την 3588 T-ASF ερημον 2048 A-ASF
Vincent's NT Word Studies
12. Driveth him (ekballei). Stronger than Matthew's ajnhcqh, was led up, and Luke's hgeto, was led. See on Matt. ix. 38. It is the word used of our Lord's expulsion of demons, Mark i. 34, 39.The Wilderness. The place is unknown. Tradition fixes it near Jericho, in the neighborhood of the Quarantania, the precipitous face of which is pierced with ancient cells and chapels, and a ruined church is on its topmost peak. Dr. Tristram says that every spring a few devout Abyssinian Christians are in the habit of coming and remaining here for forty days, to keep their Lent on the spot where they suppose that our Lord fasted and was tempted.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:12 {Driveth him forth} (auton ekballei). Vivid word, bolder than Matthew's "was led up" (anecqe) and Luke's "was led" (egeto). It is the same word employed in the driving out of demons (#Mr 1:34,39). Mark has here "straightway" where Matthew has "qen" (see on verse 9). The forty days in the wilderness were under the direct guidance of the Holy Spirit. The entire earthly life of Jesus was bound up with the Holy Spirit from his birth to his death and resurrection.
