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 was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he became hungry. read more. And the tempter coming to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made loaves.
And the tempter coming to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made loaves. But he answering said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." read more. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and placed him on a wing of the temple, and saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, "that he shall give his angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone." Jesus said unto him, It is written again, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Again the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Avaunt Satan! for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him only thou pay divine adoration." Then the devil leaveth him, and lo! angels came and ministered unto him.
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, lo! Satan hath earnestly sought you, that he might sift you as wheat:
And when he came to the spot, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac; and he who had received the promise, presented in sacrifice his only begotten son,
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;
Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him.
Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him.
Hastings
The English words 'tempt' and 'temptation' are in the OT
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THEN was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
And the tempter coming to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made loaves.
And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen!
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak. Again the second time he went away, and prayed, saying, O my Father, If it be not possible, that this cup pass from me, but that I should drink it, thy will be done.
and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation; but deliver us from the wicked one.
serving the Lord with all humility, and with many tears and trials, which have befallen me through the lying in wait of the Jews:
For we have not an high-priest incapable of a fellow-feeling with our infirmities, but one tempted in all points, in exact resemblance with ourselves, sin excepted.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;
Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him. Let no man under temptation say, I am tempted of God: for God is incapable of temptation from evils, and he tempteth no man:
Wherein ye exult, though yet for a little space, (if it must be so,) ye are in sorrow through various trials:
Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Because thou hast keep the word of my patience, I also will preserve thee from the hour of temptation, which is coming upon the whole habitable globe to try the dwellers upon earth.