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  2. Matthew 4:1 - Wikipedia

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    The verse makes clear that the Spirit, presumably the Holy Ghost prominently mentioned two verses before in Matthew 3:16, is the one who leads Jesus into the desert.France states that it is clear that while Satan's goals were his own, the testing of Jesus was ordained by God.

  3. Temptation of Christ - Wikipedia

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    After being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus was tempted by the devil after 40 days and nights of fasting in the Judaean Desert. At the time, Satan came to Jesus and tried to tempt him. Jesus having refused each temptation, Satan then departed and Jesus returned to Galilee to begin his ministry. During this entire time of spiritual battle ...

  4. Matthew 4:4 - Wikipedia

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    Matthew 4:4 is the fourth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus, who has been fasting in the desert, has just been tempted by Satan to make bread from stones to relieve his hunger, and in this verse he rejects this idea.

  5. Satan - Wikipedia

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    Satan, [a] also known as the Devil (cf. a devil), [b] is an entity in Abrahamic religions who seduces humans into sin (or falsehood). In Judaism , Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God , typically regarded as a metaphor for the yetzer hara , or 'evil inclination'.

  6. Devil in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    A satan is involved in King David's census and Christian teachings about this satan varies, just as the pre-exilic account of 2 Samuel and the later account of 1 Chronicles present differing perspectives: And again the anger of the L ORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them, saying: 'Go, number Israel and Judah.'

  7. Christian mysticism in ancient Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Desert People believed it was safer to know Satan and his workings than to allow Satan to do his work in hiding. They are reported to have had a saying that went: "No temptation; no salvation". [9] Total isolation, among the Desert Fathers, was an option each monk had open for her or himself.

  8. List of spiritual entities in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Ghaddar, a dog- or goat-like devil, mutilating the genitalia of men, expected to live in the desert. (Devil) Ghilman, also called Wildān are the perpetually youthful attendants in Jannah. (Human) Ghoul, shape-shifting jinni, who lurks on travellers, their scream leads them away from their path and then consumes their flesh. (Genie)

  9. Serpents in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    No serpent, no animal of any kind, is called Satan, or Belzebub, or Devil, in the Pentateuch." [ 18 ] 20th-century scholars such as W. O. E. Oesterley (1921) were cognizant of the differences between the role of the Edenic serpent in the Hebrew Bible and its connections with the "ancient serpent" in the New Testament. [ 19 ]