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The importance of the Gospel of Matthew in church history cannot be overstated. For Jewish readers, it affirmed the Messiahship of Jesus, referring consistently to the Scriptures to establish his credentials. For Gentile disciples, it provided powerful and dramatic support of their inclusion in God’s kingdom. The cross of Christ had removed the division between Jew and non-Jew, and through...

relationship to Jesus as “my Son, whom I love” (3:17). Satan does not doubt Jesus’ identity as the Son of God, nor is he trying to get Jesus to doubt it; rather, he is trying to get Jesus to misuse his prerogatives as the Son of God. He is subtly playing off Jesus’ identity, almost even flattering him, to trick him into going contrary to the Father’s will for the Son. “If you are the Son of God, why should you stay hungry? Just turn those stones into bread, which you are capable of doing, and feed
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