Temptation of Jesus


Matthew 4, 1 - 6

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple. And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Mark 1, 12 - 13

And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

Luke 4, 8 - 11

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.





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The desert of Judah between Jerusalem and Jericho.     
In the far background the mountains of Moab in         
Transjordan.
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The desert of Judah between Jerusalem and Jericho. In the far background th...

Eroded landscape between Jerusalem and Jordan Valley   
with red coloring of cliffs and soil due to iron oxide 
(Biblically known as "the steps of blood")             
According to tradition, the prophet Eliah ascended     
from here to heaven in a fiery waggon.
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Eroded landscape between Jerusalem and Jordan Valley with red coloring of cli...

South-east corner of the wall around                   
the Temple Mount of Jerusalem.                         
Jesus was tempted here by the devil.
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South-east corner of the wall around the Temple Mount of Jeru...

Pinnacle of the Temple on the south-east               
corner of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem                
(vision of temptation, Matth. 4,5).                    
Massive 7 m blocks of stone of the                     
time of Herod the Great (37-4 BCE)
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Pinnacle of the Temple on the south-east corner of the Temple Mou...

The desert of Judah, Israel. In the                    
background the Mount of Temptation.
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The desert of Judah, Israel. In the background the Mount of...

Wadi el-Mujib, Jordan. In biblical times the deep      
valley of the Arnon or Gad formed a natural frontier   
between the Amorite,later the Israelite kingdoms in    
the North and the kingdom of Moab in the South.
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Wadi el-Mujib, Jordan. In biblical times the deep valley of the Arnon or G...

Temptation of Christ in the desert.                    
From a Life of Christ,Germany,15th.
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Temptation of Christ in the desert. From a Life of Christ,Ge...

Jesus in the desert,tempted by satan,who asks him      
to throw himself from the top of the temple,since      
God promised to send his angels to save him.           
Exonarthex
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Jesus in the desert,tempted by satan,who asks him to throw himself from th...

Jesus tempted by satan in the desert. In the right     
lower corner the kings of the apocalypse.              
Exonarthex
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Jesus tempted by satan in the desert. In the right lower corner the kings o...

Jesus Christ in the desert.
Oil on wood
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Jesus Christ in the desert. Oil on wood

A devil wearing eye-glasses.                           
Carved wood
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A devil wearing eye-glasses. Carved wood

Mountain landscape with the temptation of Christ,      
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Oakwood, 62 x 41,5 cm                                  
Inv. 1076
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Mountain landscape with the temptation of Christ, 1605-1610...