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Text -- Matthew 4:1-8 (NET)
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The Temptation of Jesus
4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil .
4:2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished .
4:3 The tempter came and said to him , “If you are the Son of God , command these stones to become bread .”
4:4 But he answered , answered , “It is written , ‘Man does not live by bread alone , but by every word that comes from the mouth of God .’”
4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city , had him stand on the highest point of the temple ,
4:6 and said to him , “If you are the Son of God , throw yourself down . For it is written , ‘He will command his angels concerning you ’ and ‘with their hands they will lift you up , so that you will not strike your foot against a stone .’”
4:7 Jesus said to him , “Once again it is written : ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”
4:8 Again , the devil took him to a very high mountain , and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Satan |
Temptation |
JESUS CHRIST, 4A |
ANTICHRIST |
Jesus, The Christ |
KINGDOM OF GOD (OF HEAVEN), THE |
TEMPTATION OF CHRIST |
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Humiliation of Christ |
Hunger |
NUMBER |
Temple |
PINNACLE |
Glory |
Quotations and Allusions |
Presumption |
Suicide |
Elijah |
QUOTATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
DEUTERONOMY |
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NET Notes: Mat 4:5 The highest point of the temple probably refers to the point on the temple’s southeast corner where it looms directly over a cliff some 450 ft (...
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