13 Bible Verses about Temporary Stay In The Wilderness

At that time Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the Desert in order to be tempted by the Devil.

tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.

At once the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the Desert,

But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

When the messengers had taken their leave, Jesus proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, "What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?

When John's messengers were gone, He proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, "What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?

"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"

If therefore they should say to you, 'See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or 'See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.

but Jesus Himself constantly withdrew into the Desert and there prayed.

Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said, "Send the people away, that they may go to the villages and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food; because here we are in an uninhabited district."

Therefore Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but He left that neighbourhood and went into the district near the Desert, to a town called Ephraim, and remained there with the disciples.

"Are you not the Egyptian who some years ago excited the riot of the 4,000 cut-throats, and led them out into the Desert?"

They wandered across deserts and mountains, or hid themselves in caves and in holes in the ground.