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The spirit then "At once" (Kai euthys) sends him out into the desert to be tempted by [[Satan]] for forty days. Forty is a common numerological device in the [[Bible]], such as the forty days of the flood in [[Genesis 7]] and the forty years of the Israelites wandering in the desert in [[Exodus]]. [[Elijah]] also spent forty days and nights travelling to [[Mount Horeb]] in [[1 Kings 19:8]]. Unlike [[Matthew 4]]:1-11 and [[Luke 4]]:1-13 the number of temptations or what they were are not described. Mark does say that Angels came to minister to him.
John is put into prison. Mark uses the term [["paradothēnai]] " to describe John being turned over, which Mark also uses to describe Jesus being arrested during his Passion. Mark has already highlighted two themes, Jesus' power from and favor of God, contrasted with his confrontation with Satan and John being arrested, showing his power and mission have already encountered the most extreme challenges both from the authorities of this world and supernatural powers.
===Calling of four of the disciples===
