temptation of Jesus in the wilderness

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The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness is a New Testament episode in which Jesus, after fasting for forty days, is confronted and tested by the devil before beginning his public ministry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament episode
biblical event
event in the life of Jesus
artisticDepiction common subject in Christian art GENERATED
associatedPractice fasting GENERATED
christologicalSignificance affirms sinlessness of Jesus GENERATED
presents Jesus as the new Israel
presents Jesus as the obedient Son of God
commemoratedBy Christian season of Lent GENERATED
describedIn Gospel of Luke GENERATED
Gospel of Mark GENERATED
Gospel of Matthew GENERATED
devilQuotesScripture Psalm 91:11–12 GENERATED
duration forty days GENERATED
firstTemptation turn stones into bread GENERATED
followsEvent Baptism of Jesus GENERATED
hasLocation Judean desert GENERATED
wilderness GENERATED
hasMoralTheme reliance on God’s word
resisting temptation GENERATED
hasNumberOfTemptations three GENERATED
hasParticipant Jesus GENERATED
the devil GENERATED
initiatedBy the Spirit GENERATED
involvesAction confrontation with the devil GENERATED
fasting for forty days and forty nights GENERATED
scriptural debate GENERATED
JesusResponsePattern quoting Deuteronomy GENERATED
languageOfEarliestAccounts Koine Greek GENERATED
literaryFunction introduction to Jesus’ public ministry
liturgicalUse read during Lent in many Christian traditions GENERATED
notDescribedIn Gospel of John GENERATED
precedesEvent public ministry of Jesus GENERATED
religiousTradition Christianity GENERATED
scriptureQuoted Deuteronomy 6:13 GENERATED
Deuteronomy 6:16
Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy 8:3
secondTemptation throw himself from the pinnacle of the Temple GENERATED
sourceText Luke 4:1–13 GENERATED
Mark 1:12–13 GENERATED
Matthew 4:1–11 GENERATED
symbolicallyRelatedTo forty years of Israel in the wilderness GENERATED
symbolicNumber forty GENERATED
theologicalTheme obedience of Jesus GENERATED
testing of the Son of God GENERATED
use of Scripture against temptation GENERATED
victory over Satan GENERATED
thirdTemptation worship the devil in exchange for all the kingdoms of the world GENERATED

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Gospel of Mark containsEpisode temptation of Jesus in the wilderness
this entity surface form: temptation of Jesus
Baptism in the Jordan precedes temptation of Jesus in the wilderness