angels hands, they will bear him. Robertson believes that this statement means that the angles will catch Jesus before he hits the ground, and he will be safe. But, Jesus does not do this, because he says that you should not tempt God. This means that no one should do things for the sole propose of seeing if God will do something about it. This story is not supposed to be a literal fight between Jesus, and the devil. This story is meant to show the conflict between good, and evil. It shows the world that if you are a strong enough person, and you stick to your morality, you do not have to simply give in when you are tempted to do something bad. You can chose to be good. Tannehill says that this story has two conflicting narratives
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He states that the forty days Jesus walked the desert is meant to make people think about Moses, and Elijah, and their forty years in the desert. It should also make people think about Moses’s forty day fasting on Mount Sini. Additionally, Elijah’s forty day journey to Horeb. Matthew says Jesus’s journey lasted forty days and, forty nights, but Mark, and Luke only mention forty days in the desert. It is essentially the same thing, but they do word his experience differently. Mullins says that the story of Jesus wandering the desert for forty days has many similarities, and symbolism to different things Moses is said to have done. Jesus’s crossing of the Jordan river is symbolic to when Moses led his people across the Jordan river to try to reach the promised land. Luke and, Matthew have more differences about this story than just that though. Luke ends always ends stories in his gospel in Jerusalem. This is why Luke listed the temptation on top of the temple last in his gospel. Matthew however, had the temptation on the temple second in the story, and finished with the temptation on the high mountain. Matthew chose to do this because, in his gospel he has a highly symbolic nature when it comes to mountains. He feels they are a very important place in the wold, and they should be treated as such. Both authors have the temptation of turning a stone into bread as the first temptation. Most people
He states that the forty days Jesus walked the desert is meant to make people think about Moses, and Elijah, and their forty years in the desert. It should also make people think about Moses’s forty day fasting on Mount Sini. Additionally, Elijah’s forty day journey to Horeb. Matthew says Jesus’s journey lasted forty days and, forty nights, but Mark, and Luke only mention forty days in the desert. It is essentially the same thing, but they do word his experience differently. Mullins says that the story of Jesus wandering the desert for forty days has many similarities, and symbolism to different things Moses is said to have done. Jesus’s crossing of the Jordan river is symbolic to when Moses led his people across the Jordan river to try to reach the promised land. Luke and, Matthew have more differences about this story than just that though. Luke ends always ends stories in his gospel in Jerusalem. This is why Luke listed the temptation on top of the temple last in his gospel. Matthew however, had the temptation on the temple second in the story, and finished with the temptation on the high mountain. Matthew chose to do this because, in his gospel he has a highly symbolic nature when it comes to mountains. He feels they are a very important place in the wold, and they should be treated as such. Both authors have the temptation of turning a stone into bread as the first temptation. Most people