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| | |<span id="4:1"></span>Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. | | |<span id="4:1"></span>Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. |
| − | |Then God's will led Jesus into the desert to be tested by the devil. | + | |Then God's will led Jesus into the desert to be tested by the devil.<ref>Alternative: |
| | + | Then Jesus was lead by the Holy Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil."</ref> |
| | |The word traditionally rendered "to tempt" means "to test," as an engineer will test a new material or assembly, often "to failure." This was Jesus' Final Examination. | | |The word traditionally rendered "to tempt" means "to test," as an engineer will test a new material or assembly, often "to failure." This was Jesus' Final Examination. |
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| | The Greek word '''διάβολος''' derives from the verb '''διαβάλλω''', which literally means "to throw across." The traditional rendition, "devil," is a contraction of the Greek word. | | The Greek word '''διάβολος''' derives from the verb '''διαβάλλω''', which literally means "to throw across." The traditional rendition, "devil," is a contraction of the Greek word. |
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| + | The Aramaic (Syriac) Peshitta provides understanding and is important not only because if is the first translation after the Greek original but also because it captures the "aramaisms in the original |
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| − | |<span id="4:1"></span>Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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| − | |Then Jesus was lead by the Holy Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.
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| − | |The Aramaic (Syriac) Peshitta provides understanding and is important not only because if is the first translation after the Greek original but also because it captures the "aramaisms in the original
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| | Greek and as some have pointed out, either orally or written, it provides the Aramaic sources from which the Original Greek, that is the earliest we have, might be a translation and reworking. | | Greek and as some have pointed out, either orally or written, it provides the Aramaic sources from which the Original Greek, that is the earliest we have, might be a translation and reworking. |
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