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Text -- Matthew 4:1-17 (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 .
4:9 And he said to him , “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me .”
4:10 Then Jesus said to him , “Go away , Satan ! For it is written : ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him .’”
4:11 Then the devil left him , and angels came and began ministering to his needs.
Preaching in Galilee
4:12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned , he went into Galilee .
4:13 While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea , in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali ,
4:14 so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled :
4:15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali , the way by the sea , beyond the Jordan , Galilee of the Gentiles –
4:16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light , and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned .”
4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach this message: “Repent , for the kingdom of heaven is near .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Satan |
Temptation |
Jesus, The Christ |
Humiliation of Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4A |
KINGDOM OF GOD (OF HEAVEN), THE |
TEMPTATION OF CHRIST |
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
ANTICHRIST |
Matthew, Gospel according to |
Capernaum |
Quotations and Allusions |
Zebulun, Lot of |
ZABULON |
Angel |
Hunger |
NEPHTHALIM |
Ambition |
DEUTERONOMY |
INSPIRATION, 1-7 |
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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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NET Notes: Mat 4:9 Grk “if, falling down, you will worship.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב has “fall down, throw ones...
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NET Notes: Mat 4:10 A quotation from Deut 6:13. The word “only” is an interpretive expansion not found in either the Hebrew or Greek (LXX) text of the OT.
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NET Notes: Mat 4:11 Grk “and behold, angels.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivale...
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