Did the Holy Spirit leave Jesus when temptation was present in Luke 4?

Did the Holy Spirit leave Jesus when temptation was present in Luke 4?

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Luke 4 states:

1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wildernessESV

and:

13And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. ESV

Had the Holy Spirit left Jesus during the temptation? In other words, does "led by the Spirit" (v1) followed by "returned in the power of the Spirit" (v14) imply the Spirit was absent from Jesus during the intervening period? If so, why did the Spirit leave?

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