[Footnote a: The Gospel of the Hebrews (one of the apocryphal gospels) is quoted by Jerome (_adv. Pelag._ iii, 2) as having the following: "Behold, the Lord's mother and His brethren were saying to Him, John the Baptist baptizes unto the remission of sins; let us go and be baptized by him. But he said unto them, What sin have I done, that I should go and be baptized by him? unless perchance this very thing which I have said is an ignorance."] [Footnote b: The Gospel of John does not describe the baptism of Jesus, but refers to the event in a way that shows knowledge of the Synoptic Gospels.] [Footnote c: Codex Bezae (D) reads in Luke: "Thou art my beloved son, to-day have I begotten thee." The Gospel of the Ebionites has: "Thou art my beloved son, in thee I am well pleased, to-day I have begotten thee." See § 85 for similar language at the Transfiguration.] § 25. THE THREE TEMPTATIONS[a] OF JESUS The Wilderness of Judea. Probably A.D. 26 Mark 1:12-13 |Matt. 4:1-11 |Luke 4:1-13 | | 12 And | 1 Then was Jesus led | 1 And Jesus, full of straightway the | up of the Spirit into| the Holy Spirit, Spirit driveth | the wilderness to be | returned from the him forth into | tempted of the devil.| Jordan, and was led the wilderness. | 2 And when he had | 2 [3]by the Spirit in 13 And he was in | fasted forty days and| the wilderness during the wilderness | forty nights, he | forty days, being forty days | afterward hungered. | tempted of the devil tempted of | 3 And the tempter came | [_see Heb. 4:15_]. Satan; and he | and said unto him, If| And he did eat was with the | thou art the Son of | nothing in those wild beasts; | God, command that | days: and when they | these stones become | were completed, he | 4 [1]bread. But he | 3 hungered. And the | answered and said, It| devil said unto him, | is written [_see | If thou art the Son | Deut. 8:3_], Man | of God, command this | shall not live by | stone that it become | bread alone, but by | 4 [4]bread. And Jesus | every word that | answered unto him, It | proceedeth out of the| is written [_see | 5 mouth of God. Then | Deut. 8:3_], Man | the devil taketh him | shall not live by | into the holy city; | 5 bread alone. And he | and he set him on the| led him up, and | [2]pinnacle of the | shewed him all the | 6 temple, and saith | kingdoms of [5]the