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 by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry. read more. And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.
And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread. And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. read more. Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God. Again the devil took him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, and said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me Satan; for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and waited on him.
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired you, to sift like wheat;
And arriving at the place, he said to them, Pray that you may not enter into trial.
By faith Abraham when tried offered Isaac, and he that received the promises offered his only son,
Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Hastings
The English words 'tempt' and 'temptation' are in the OT
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Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.
and bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil.
Watch and pray that you enter not into trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Going away again a second time, he prayed, saying, My Father, if this cup cannot pass from me unless I drink it, thy will be done.
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who is indebted to us; and bring us not into trial.
serving the Lord with all humility, and tears and trials that befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews,
For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.
Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,
Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,
Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. Let no tempted one say, I am tempted by God; for God is not subject to temptation by evils, and he tempts no one.
In which you rejoice, though now for a little while if need be made sad by manifold trials,
Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which is to come on all the world, to try those who dwell on the earth.