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 up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the Devil. And when he had tasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry. read more. And the tempter came and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.
And the tempter came and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread. But he answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God." read more. Then the Devil taketh him into the holy city, and setteth him on the pinnacle of the temple; and saith to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge concerning thee; and in their hands they will bear thee up, that thou mayst not dash thy foot against a stone." Jesus said to him, Again it is written, "Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God." Again, the Devil taketh him m an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; and said to him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus to him, Be gone, Satan! for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Then the Devil leaveth him; and lo! angels came and ministered to him.
Simon, Simon, lo! Satan hath asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.
And when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray that ye may not enter into temptation.
By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his onlybegotten son,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.
Hastings
The English words 'tempt' and 'temptation' are in the OT
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Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the Devil.
And the tempter came and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Watch, and pray that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Again he went away a second time, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this [cup] cannot pass away from me, but I must drink it, thy will be done!
and forgive us our sins, for even we ourselves forgive every one that is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.
serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;
For we have not a highpriest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who hath in all points been tempted as we are, without sin.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him. Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one.
wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a short time, if need be, made sorrowful by manifold trials,
Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer. Behold, now, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye will have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
Because thou hast kept my injunction of endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which is about to come upon the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.