gives Christ's reply exactly as in Mt. The nature of this reply probably explains the inversion of the order of the second and third temptations in Lk. The evangelist judged it fitting that this should be the last word, construing it as an interdict against tempting Jesus the Lord. Lk.'s version of the temptation is characterised throughout by careful restriction of the devil's power (vide Luke 4:1; Luke 4:6). The inversion of the last two temptations is due to the same cause. The old idea of Schleiermacher that the way to Jerusalem lay over the mountains is paltry. It is to be noted that Mt.'s connecting particles (τότε, πάλιν) imply sequence more than Lk.'s (καὶ, δὲ). On the general import of the temptation vide on Mt.

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