The Temptation of Jesus - Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty
Chapter 4 - The Temptation of Jesus. Filled with the holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty
I.THE ENDURANCE OF TEMPTATION. The word must be taken in the broad, generic sense of " testing." Of this there are two forms - enticement to sin, and afflictions of righteousness. It enters into the very essence of a moral universe that there should be testing, and certainly into the ...
For Jesus the battle was somewhat different. His nature wasn't sinful like ours, where the devil often has an inside track to temptation. "The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me," declared Jesus (John 14:30, KJV). Rather, as we will see, the temptation in the wilde...
In the context of Matthew 26, Jesus is speaking to His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane, a place of olive presses located on the Mount of Olives, just outside Jerusalem. The command to "watch" suggests staying alert and being spiritually awake, a theme echoed in other scriptures such...
John Steinbeck's Depiction Of The Tempts Of Jesus In The Bible The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. But God has a Word for us when we are tempted to sin against Him. In 1 Cor. 10:13 (KJV) it is written, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to...
so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; James 1:2-3 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, ...
The final verse in this section speaks about the great tug-of-war between the two Masters of our Age (and Jesus' age): God and Mammon. The word "Mammon" (KJV) is transliterated from an Aramaic word. It means "wealth, property." The NIV translates it "Money" -- capitalized, since ...
Here the serpent is more aware of what the Lord God said than the woman was; he simply adds a blatant negation to what God said. In the account of Jesus’ temptation Jesus is victorious because he knows the scripture better than Satan (Matt 4:1-11). Genesis 3:5 tn Or “you will ...
In the context of Mark 14:38, Jesus is urging His disciples to remain spiritually alert. This call to vigilance is not just about physical wakefulness but a deeper spiritual awareness. Historically, this was a time of great trial for Jesus, and He knew the disciples would face their own ...