Reference: Temptation
Easton
(1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God "tempted [Ge 22:1; R.V., 'did prove'] Abraham;" and afflictions are said to tempt, i.e., to try, men (Jas 1:2,12; comp. De 8:2), putting their faith and patience to the test. (2.) Ordinarily, however, the word means solicitation to that which is evil, and hence Satan is called "the tempter" (Mt 4:3). Our Lord was in this way tempted in the wilderness. That temptation was not internal, but by a real, active, subtle being. It was not self-sought. It was submitted to as an act of obedience on his part. "Christ was led, driven. An unseen personal force bore him a certain violence is implied in the words" (Mt 4:1-11).
The scene of the temptation of our Lord is generally supposed to have been the mountain of Quarantania (q.v.), "a high and precipitous wall of rock, 1,200 or 1,500 feet above the plain west of Jordan, near Jericho."
Temptation is common to all (Da 12:10; Zec 13:9; Ps 66:10; Lu 22:31,40; Heb 11:17; Jas 1:12; 1Pe 1:7; 4:12). We read of the temptation of Joseph (Ge 39), of David (2Sa 24; 1Ch 21), of Hezekiah (2Ch 32:31), of Daniel (Da 6), etc. So long as we are in this world we are exposed to temptations, and need ever to be on our watch against them.
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Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil. And having fasted forty days and forty nights, He afterward hungered. read more. And the tempter having come to Him, said; If thou art the Son of God, speak in order that these stones may become bread.
And the tempter having come to Him, said; If thou art the Son of God, speak in order that these stones may become bread. And He responding said; It has been written, A man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word coming forth through the mouth of God. read more. Then the devil takes Him into the holy city and stood Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and says to Him; If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it has been written, That He will give His angels charge concerning thee, and upon their hand they will bear thee, lest thou mayest dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said to him; Again it has been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again the devil takes Him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of the same, and said to Him; All these things will I give unto thee, If having fallen down thou mayest worship me: then Jesus says to him, Get behind me, Satan; for it has been written; Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth Him; and behold, the angels came to Him and continued to minister unto Him.
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan sought you out, to sift you as wheat:
He being at the place, He said to them, Pray that you enter not into temptation.
By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac: and the one having received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.
Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.
Hastings
The English words 'tempt' and 'temptation' are in the OT
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Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil.
And the tempter having come to Him, said; If thou art the Son of God, speak in order that these stones may become bread.
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. And again the second time, having gone away, He prayed, saying, My Father, if it is possible that this cup pass from me, if I shall not drink it, let thy will be done.
and forgive us our sins; for we also do forgive every one owing us: and lead us not into temptation.
serving the Lord with all humility, and tears, and temptations, which came upon me through the plots of the Jews:
For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love. Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one:
In whom you rejoice, if however it is needful, being grieved a little while among manifold temptations: in order
Fear not those things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life.
Because you have kept the word of my patience, and I will keep you from the hour of temptation, which is about to come upon the whole world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.