<p>1:13- see on 1 Cor. 15:45.<br /><em>And he was in the wilderness forty days- </em>See on 1:12 <em>Drives Him</em>.</p><p><em>Tempted by Satan</em>- see more detailed commentary on Matthew 4.</p><p><em>And he was with the wild beasts</em>- Suggesting He was as it were in Eden, and is compared favourably against Adam who failed his test when amongst the wild beasts. Paul in Philippians 2 and 1 Cor. 15 likewise compares the Lord's strength against temptation against Adam's weakness. Yet <em>therion</em> is the word repeatedly used in Revelation about the Lord's struggle with &quot;the beast&quot;, and again we there encounter the motif of the wilderness. Indeed, the parallel between 'beast' and 'satan', the adversary, is found both here in Mk. 1:13 and in Revelation- and hardly anywhere elsewhere. The Lord's struggle and victory against the beasts in the desert was therefore what is being repeated now in His struggle against the various beasts of political and spiritual opposition to His work, and His victory in the desert looks ahead to His final victory against the beast in the last day.</p><p>The &lsquo;devil&rsquo; of the Lord&rsquo;s own thoughts tempted Him to apply Ps. 91:11 in a wrong context, and jump off the pinnacle of the temple. But if the Lord had gone on, as surely He did, He would have found the words: &ldquo;Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet&rdquo; (Ps. 91:13). This promise would have been of wonderful comfort, as throughout the wilderness temptations the Lord &ldquo;was with the wild beasts&rdquo; (Mk. 1:13).</p><p><em>And the angels took care of him</em>- AV &quot;ministered&quot;. This is alluded to in Heb. 1:14, where we learn that Angels are spirits He was led of the Spirit who 'minister' unto us. Again we find the hint that His baptismal experience was a participation in ours; see on 1:12 <em>drives Him</em>. I would therefore conclude that the purpose of the Lord's baptism was not in order to obtain forgiveness of sins, but to enable Him in essence to be able to participate in our baptisms- the driving out of Egypt, the leading into the desert, the ministration of Angels afterwards. And this was surely the reason for so many of His experiences. </p>