temptation of Jesus
Wilderness Satan encounter
The temptation of Jesus is a biblical episode in which Satan tempts Jesus in the wilderness after forty days of fasting.
Satan offers worldly power, miraculous deliverance, and material sustenance; Jesus refuses each.
The story appears in the synoptic gospels and is central to Christian teaching about resisting evil and spiritual discipline.
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- desertTo leave behind completely
- forty daysScriptural trial duration
- SatanJudeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
- devilEvil supernatural entity
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temptation of Jesusoriginal sin
Inherited spiritual corruption
temptation of JesusTransfiguration
Sacred appearance change
Resurrection · glorification · exaltation · triumphal entry · baptism of Jesus
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