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From Wesley's Notes on Mark 1:14-20
"Happy they who follow Christ at the first call!"
12. And immediately the Spirit thrusteth him out into the wilderness - So in all
the children of God, extraordinary manifestations of his favour are wont to be
followed by extraordinary temptations. Matt. iv, 1; Luke iv, 1.
13. And he was there forty days, tempted by Satan - Invisibly. After this
followed the temptation by him in a visible shape, related by St. Matthew. And
he was with the wild beasts - Though they had no power to hurt him. St. Mark not
only gives us a compendium of St. Matthew's Gospel, but likewise several
valuable particulars, which the other evangelists have omitted.
14. Matt. iv, 12.
15. The time is fulfilled - The time of my kingdom, foretold by Daniel, expected
by you, is fully come.
16. Matt. iv, 18; Luke v, 1.
18. Straightway leaving their nets, they followed him - From this time they
forsook their employ, and constantly attended him. Happy they who follow Christ
at the first call!
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