Specifically, these temptation passages are powerful because the devil twice taunted Jesus as the “Son of God” — a name associated with the coming of the Messiah throughout Hebrew Scripture ...

Note that Satan tempts Jesus to perform miracles to prove his divinity — changing stones into bread, throwing himself off the temple and gaining power over the kingdoms of this world.

The account of Jesus’ temptation appears with slight variations in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. These accounts expand upon Mk 1:12-13, which mentions briefly that Jesus “remained in the ...

Jesus was really tempted? If you think it's a widely accepted idea, Google reactions to The Last Temptation of Christ.When Nikos Kazantzakis' book came out in 1955, the Catholic Church added it to ...

Jesus refuses to tempt God or to get into one-upmanship with the devil. Third, the devil tries what he always does: He lies . He tries temping Jesus by a false promise.

Consider various events in the Bible associated with the number 40. The flood was 40 days and nights in length. Moses was on Mt. Sinai for 40 days to receive ...

The devil tempted Jesus and he will tempt those who try to follow Jesus, the pope said. "We, too, are objects of the demon's attacks because the evil spirit doesn't want our holiness, ...

When Jesus was tempted for 40 days in the wilderness the Bible clearly states that after the temptation the devil left him. If the devil left Jesus, he also leaves us. He cannot remain constantly ...