I've been comparing the fouir accounts of Jesus' Baptism ad Public proclamation and his temptation in the wilderness and it brings up a few questions.
Firstly, why do Matthew and Luke go into detail about the things that the Devil tempted Jesus with when Marka dn john seem to gloss over it?
Secondly, when the devil tries to tempt Jesus is he doing so because it is patr of God's plan that Jesus be tested or because that is the kind of thing the devil does. What I mean is; Is the devil just being the devil or his he acting on an instruciton from God to test jesus? Or is it a bit of both. I've also noticed that in the original Greek, Tempt and test are interchangeable words but they do allow us to glean slightly different meanings.
Thirdly, Is Jesus time in the wilderness meant to be a physical or spriitual journey? By this I mean, would the devil have actually taken Jesus physically to the top of a mountaina nd the top of the Temple or would it have been osrt of like a dream or vision?
Any thoughts?
Firstly, why do Matthew and Luke go into detail about the things that the Devil tempted Jesus with when Marka dn john seem to gloss over it?
Secondly, when the devil tries to tempt Jesus is he doing so because it is patr of God's plan that Jesus be tested or because that is the kind of thing the devil does. What I mean is; Is the devil just being the devil or his he acting on an instruciton from God to test jesus? Or is it a bit of both. I've also noticed that in the original Greek, Tempt and test are interchangeable words but they do allow us to glean slightly different meanings.
Thirdly, Is Jesus time in the wilderness meant to be a physical or spriitual journey? By this I mean, would the devil have actually taken Jesus physically to the top of a mountaina nd the top of the Temple or would it have been osrt of like a dream or vision?
Any thoughts?