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Examining the topological structure of Matthew, A. J. Maas provides careful exposition and discourse of Gospel of Matthew in relationship to the other Synoptic Gospels. Drawing resolutely on the writings of the Early Church Fathers, A. J. Maas establishes the importance of the Gospel of Matthew.

3. And the tempter coming.] 2. The temptation. This section naturally falls into three parts, each considering one of the three temptations. a. First temptation, α. Manner of temptation. The narrative leads us to believe that the tempter assumed the form of a man, because he approached our Lord, asked to be adored by him, took him up into the Holy City, and again into a high mountain, and finally left him, when the angels in human form came and ministered to him [vv. 3, 9, 5, 8, 11]. That the whole
Matthew 4:3–9