1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 sn This verb and its cognate noun, sunteleia, usually implies not just the end of an event, but its completion or fulfillment. The noun is always used in the NT in eschatological contexts; the verb is often so used (cf. Matt 13:39, 40; 24:3; 28:20; Mark 13:4; Rom 9:28; Heb 8:8; 9:26). The idea here may be that the forty-day period of temptation was designed for a particular purpose in the life of Christ (the same verb is used in v. 13). The cognate verb teleiow is a key NT term for the completion of God’s plan: See Luke 12:50; 22:37; John 19:30; and (where it has the additional component of meaning “to perfect”) Heb 2:10; 5:8-9; 7:28. 10 11 12 13 sn A quotation from Deut 8:3. Jesus will live by doing God’s will, and will take no shortcuts. 14 sn The order of Luke’s temptations differs from Matthew’s at this point as numbers two and three are reversed. It is slightly more likely that Luke has made the change to put the Jerusalem temptation last, as Jerusalem is so important to Luke’s later account. The temporal markers in Matthew’s account are also slightly more specific. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 sn In the form of the quotation in the Greek text found in the best 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 sn Until a more opportune time. Though some have argued that the devil disappears until Luke 22:3, this is unlikely since the cosmic battle with Satan and all the evil angels is consistently mentioned throughout Luke (8:26-39; 11:14-23). 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 map For location see Map1-D3; Map2-C2; Map3-D5; Map4-C1; Map5-G3. 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-C3; Map3-B2. 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3. 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-C3; Map3-B2. 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 sn The language here (commanded) almost treats the illness as a personal force (see vv. 35, 41), but this is not the case. This healing shows Jesus’ power over sickness and should not be construed as an exorcism. 132 sn The note that this happened immediately shows the speed and totality of the recovery. 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 sn Note how Luke associates Son of God with Messiah (Christ) in this context, a regal connection with OT roots (Ps 2:7). Also, see the note on Christ in 2:11. 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153