took all, including its inhabitants; the loser lost everything. A direct relationship exists between the baptism of Jesus and Satan’s temptation of Jesus that immediately followed. In this account of the temptation, we see another hint that Satan fully understood who Jesus was by how he addressed Jesus. Twice Satan employed the same designation the Father had used at Jesus’ baptism: “If you are the Son of God” (Matt. 4:3, 6). Yet contained within the Greek text is a glimpse into Satan’s mentality.
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