“Jesus,

Full of the Holy Spirit,

Returned

From the Jordan River.

He was led

By the Spirit

In the wilderness.”

 

Ἰησοῦς δὲ πλήρης Πνεύματος Ἁγίου ὑπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ ἤγετο ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ

 

Both Matthew, chapter 4:1, and Mark, chapter 1:12, have the Holy Spirit lead Jesus into the desert, just like here.  However, John has nothing about the temptations of Jesus at all.  Luke said that Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit (Ἰησοῦς δὲ πλήρης Πνεύματος Ἁγίου).  He had returned from the Jordan River (ὑπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου).  Then he was led by the Spirit (καὶ ἤγετο ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι) into the wilderness or desert (ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ).  Having just received the Holy Spirit after his baptism with John at Jordan River, Jesus was full of this Holy Spirit.  This same Spirit led or drove Jesus out into the wilderness.  All three accounts of the synoptic gospels put the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness.  The Israelites had been in the wilderness during their Exodus from Egypt.  John the Baptist was also preaching and baptizing in the desert wilderness.  The wilderness or the desert was a place of terror, not civilized.  The Holy Spirit and God the Father wanted Jesus to experience the difficulties of this desolate arid land.  Why was Jesus tempted?  God, the Father, Yahweh, often tested the righteous ones and the prophets in the Hebrew Bible.  Luke and Matthew are similar with their detailed account of these temptations, while Mark has only a summary statement about them.