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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And it shall be after these words, and God tried Abraham, and he will say to him, Abraham: and he will say, Behold, here I.
And remember thou all the way which Jehovah thy God caused thee to go this forty years in the desert in order to humble thee, to try thee, to know what is in thy heart, whether thou shalt watch his commands or not
Thus in the chiefs of Babel interceding, sending to him to seek out the sign which was in the land, God left him, to try him, to know all in his heart
For thou didst try us, O God, thou didst prove us as purifying of silver.
And many shall be separated and become white, and be tried; and the unjust did evil: and all the unjust shall not understand; and the intelligent shall understand.
And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.
Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil. And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. read more. And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread.
And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread. And he having answered, said, It has been written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word going forth through the mouth of God. read more. Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and sets him upon the small wing of the temple; And says to him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down; for it has been written, That to his messengers he will command concerning thee; and in the hands shall they lift thee up, lest that perhaps thou strike thy foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, Again has it been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil takes him into a very high mount, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; And he says to him, All these will I give to thee, if, falling down, thou wouldst worship me. Then says Jesus to him, Retire, Satan; for it has been written, The Lord thy God shalt thou worship, and him alone shalt thou serve. Then the devil lets him go, and behold, the messengers came up, and they served him.
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded you, to sift as wheat:
And being at the place, he said to them, Pray ye not to enter into temptation.
By faith Abraham had brought near Isaac, being tried: and he having received the promises brought near the only born,
Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials;
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
Hastings
The English words 'tempt' and 'temptation' are in the OT
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And it shall be after these words, and God tried Abraham, and he will say to him, Abraham: and he will say, Behold, here I.
And it shall be after these words, and God tried Abraham, and he will say to him, Abraham: and he will say, Behold, here I.
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Behold me raining for you bread from the heavens; and the people shall go forth and shall gather the word of a day in its day, so that I shall try them, whether they will go in my law or not
And all the assembly of the sons of Israel will remove from the desert of Sin, according to their removings by the mouth of Jehovah; and they will encamp in Rephidim; and no water for the people to drink. And the people contended with Moses, and they will say, Give to us water and we will drink. And Moses will say to them, Why will ye contend with me, and why will ye tempt Jehovah?
And the people contended with Moses, and they will say, Give to us water and we will drink. And Moses will say to them, Why will ye contend with me, and why will ye tempt Jehovah?
And he will call the name of the place, Temptation, and Strife, for the contention of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah in the midst of us or not?
And he will call the name of the place, Temptation, and Strife, for the contention of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah in the midst of us or not?
And Moses will say to the people, Ye shall not fear; for for this cause God came to try you, that his fear shall be to your faces, so that ye shall not sin.
For all the men having seen my glory and my signs which I did in Egypt and in the desert, and they will try me this ten times, they heard not to my voice.
For all the men having seen my glory and my signs which I did in Egypt and in the desert, and they will try me this ten times, they heard not to my voice.
Or did God try to go and take to him a nation from the midst of a nation by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand and by an extended arm, and by great fears, according to all that Jehovah your God did to you in Egypt before your eyes?
(For Jehovah thy God a jealous God in the midst of thee) lest the anger of Jehovah thy God shall kindle against thee and destroy thee from the face of the earth. Ye shall not try Jehovah your God, as ye tempted in Massah.
The great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs and the wonders;. and the strong hand and the extended arm by which Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so shall Jehovah thy God do to all people of whose face thou art afraid.
And remember thou all the way which Jehovah thy God caused thee to go this forty years in the desert in order to humble thee, to try thee, to know what is in thy heart, whether thou shalt watch his commands or not
Thou shalt not hear to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah thy God tries you to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders:
And to Levi he said, Thy Truth and thy Light to the godly man whom they tried in the trial; thou wilt contend with him at the water of contention.
So as to try Israel by them, whether they are watching the way of Jehovah to go in them, as their fathers watched, or not.
And they will be to try Israel by them to know whether they will hear the commands of Jehovah which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
And queen Sheba heard the report of Solomon for the name of Jehovah, and she will come to try him in enigmas.
Prove me, O Jehovah, and try me; refine my reins and my heart
And they will tempt God in their heart to ask food for their soul.
And they will turn back and tempt God, and they broke in upon the Holy One of Israel.
And they will tempt and embitter God the Most High, and they watched not his testimonies.
Thou calledst in straits, and I will deliver thee; I will answer thee in the hiding place of thunder. I will prove thee at the water of strife. Silence.
Ye shall not harden your heart as the strife, as the day of trial in the desert:
And they will desire a desire in the desert, and they will tempt God in the waste.
And Ahaz will say, I will not ask and I will not tempt Jehovah.
And now we pronounce the proud happy; also they working injustice were built up; also they tried Jehovah and they will be delivered.
Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.
And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread.
And thou shouldst not lead us into temptation, but deliver thou us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak. Again of a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, My Father if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, let thy will be.
And remit to us our sins; for we onrselves also remit to every one indebted to us. 'And bring us not into temptation; but deliver us from the evil.
Serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, having happened to me by the insidious plots of the Jews:
For we have not a chief priest unable to suffer with our weaknesses; but tried in all things as a resemblance, without sin.
Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials;
Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials;
Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials;
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him. Let none say being tempted, that I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted of evils, and he tempts none:
By which ye are transported with joy, now for a little, (if it is necessary,) having grieved in various temptations:
Neither be afraid of what things thou art about to suffer: behold, the accuser is about to cast of you into prison, that ye might be tried; and ye shall have pressure ten days: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
For thou didst keep the word of my patience, and I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, about to come upon the whole habitable globe, to try them dwelling upon the earth.