Scripture is from the Holy Bible — New King James Version (NKJV)
Notes on Scripture (below) by tkbrown
Matthew 4:1-11
1 — “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
2 — “And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.”
3 — “Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, ‘If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.'”
4 — “But He answered and said, ‘It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'”
5 — “Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.”
6 — “and said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you.’ and ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.'”
7 — “Jesus said to him, ‘It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'”
8 — “Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.”
9 — “And he said to Him, ‘All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.'”
10 — “Then Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only you shall serve.'”
11 — “Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.”
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Prophecy
v4 — Deuteronomy 8:3 — “So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.”
v6 — Psalm 91:11, 12
11 — “For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.”
12 — “In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.”
v7 — Deuteronomy 6:16 — “You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah.”
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Related New Testament Scriptures
v11 — James 4:7 — “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”
v11 — Hebrews 1:14 — “Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister to those who will inherit salvation?”
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Mark 1:11-13
11 — “Then a voice came from heaven, ‘You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'”
12 — “Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.”
13 — “And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with wild beasts, and the angels ministered to Him.”
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Related New Testament Scriptures
v11 — Matthew 3:17 — “And suddenly a voice came from heaven saying, ‘This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'”
v11 — Matthew 12:17, 18
17 — “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying;”
18 — “‘Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will declare justice to the Gentiles.'”
v12 — Matthew 4:1-11 (See above.)
v12 — Matthew 4:10, 11 (See above.)
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Luke 4:1-14
1 — “Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.”
2 — “being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days, He ate nothing, and afterword, when they had ended, He was hungry.”
3 — “And the devil said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.'”
4 — “But Jesus answered him saying, ‘It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'”
5 — “Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment in time.”
6 — “And the devil said to Him, ‘All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.'”
7 — “‘Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.'”
8 — “And Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.'”
9 — “Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.'”
10 — “‘For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you.'”
11 — “‘and, ‘in their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.'”
12 — “And Jesus answered and said to him, ‘It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'”
13 — “Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.”
14 — “Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.”
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Prophecy
v4 — Deuteronomy 8:3 — “So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.”
v8 — Deuteronomy 6:13 — “You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him and shall take oaths in His name.”
Deuteronomy 10:20 — “You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.”
v9 — Matthew 4:5-7 (See above.)
v10 — Psalm 91:11 — “For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.”
v11 — Psalm 91:12 — “In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.”
v12 — Deuteronomy 6:16 — “You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah.”
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Related New Testament Scriptures
v1 — Matthew 4:1-11 (See above.)
v13 — Hebrews 4:15 — “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.”
v14 — John 4:43 — “Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.”
v14 — Acts 10:37 — “. . . that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached.”
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Notes on Scripture: by tkbrown
Here, I have presented the Scriptures which portray Jesus’ forty days and forty nights of fasting and prayer in the wilderness when Satan tempted Him. These Scriptures are found in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. While there may be slight differences in the wording of each account of the event, these are no more than would be found if three witnesses in a court of law presented accounts of a specific incident. This is important in the fact that all three testimonials also coordinate with Old Testament prophecy related to these Scriptures and with related Scriptures in the New Testament. Thus, we have ‘rightly divided the Word of Truth’ with regard to this event in Jesus’ life.
Forty days and forty nights is a long time to be without food, but this was done to show that Jesus’ Spirit form and the angels ministering to Jesus was sufficient to satisfy His human needs. This is another example of how God takes care of those who do His will. Jesus was tempted of Satan so we can know He understands the temptations we endure at Satan’s hand.
As our High Priest, Jesus’ understanding of our weaknesses regarding temptation is important. Had He never come to Earth in human form, He could never have truly understood our weakness or the desire to give in when Satan tempts us. God realized this was a faltering point in His righteous understanding of these weaknesses in man. Thus, Jesus understanding of the tendency to give in to temptations gives Him the ability to ‘argue our case’ with God and mediate with Him on our behalf. Hebrews 4:15 tells us this was God’s plan. We can look at the Scripture presented in Romans 3:21-26 to see how this all fits together.
Romans 3:21-26
21 — “But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,”
22 — “even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;”
23 — “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
24 — “being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,”
25 — “whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,”
26 — “to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”
This well-known passage from Romans chapter 3 ties in to Satan’s temptation of Jesus and of man in his struggles to overcome temptation. God’s righteousness puts Him in a position of not fully understanding these trials. Through the centuries, the Jewish Law as given to Moses on Mount Sinai allowed Jesus’ forbearance and atonement (propitiation) of their sins to go back and cover all those sins that God had passed over before Christ was born. Now, God is shown to “be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus” (Romans 3:26).
Jesus is now ready to begin His ministry on Earth. In our next lesson, we will see Jesus begin to select His disciples as he begins to preach and to teach the multitudes. Join us as we look closely at each account of this process as presented in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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Lesson One -- Scripture: Zacharias to Have Son . . .
Lesson Two -- Scripture: Jesus' Birth Foretold . . .
Lesson Three -- Scripture: Zacharias' Son, John, is Born . . .
Lesson Four -- Scripture: Jesus is Born . . .
Lesson Five -- Scripture: And Jesus Grew . . .
Lesson Six -- Scripture: John Begins His Ministry . . .
Lesson Seven -- Scripture: Jesus is Introduced to the World . . .
Lesson Eight -- Scripture: Jesus' Ancestral Lineage
Lesson Nine -- Scripture: Jesus is Tempted By Satan
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