13 Bible Verses about Temporary Stay In The Wilderness

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.

being tempted by the devil forty days. And he eat nothing in those days; and when they were completed he was hungry.

And the Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness,

And going out he spread and published abroad the report, to such an extent that he [Jesus] could no longer go openly into a city, but was without in solitary places; and they came to him from every quarter.

And when they had gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John, What went you out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

And when the messengers of John had gone away, he said to the multitudes concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with a wind?

But his disciples said to him, Whence shall we obtain so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude?

If, therefore, they say to you, Behold he is in the wilderness, go not forth; Behold he is in private rooms, believe it not.

And he withdrew into solitary places and prayed.

And the day began to decline; and the twelve came and said to him, Dismiss the multitude, that they may go to the villages and farms around, and lodge, and find provisions; for we are here in a solitary place.

Then Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews, but went thence to a region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he staid with his disciples.

Are you not the Egyptian who before these days excited a sedition, and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men who were murderers?

of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains, and in caves and openings of the earth.