The Devil Leaveth Him
Bishop Hacket. Luke 4:9-13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.… He had run out his line, and tried all his strength, our Saviour stood it out till His enemy tilted the very dregs of his gall, and drew them out. He that undertakes an ill cause cannot except, but the hearing of it was very fair, if he may plead out his matter till he can say no more; so the tempter cannot say he was cut off before he came to a period, he was provided of better arguments, but he was stopped from proceeding, he could not make these cavils for shame, for his departure was not commanded until he ended all his temptation. (Bishop Hacket.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. WEB: When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.