Matthew Bible Study: Matthew 4:1-11

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The Temptation of Jesus

Matthew, chapter four, picks up immediately after the events of chapter three which depicts Jesus’ baptism.  If you haven’t already read the study on chapter three, you can find it here.

Let’s take a look at how the narrative begins.

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  (Matthew 4:1, ESV)

Notice that the verse begins with the word “then.”  The Greek word used here is tóte. According to Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, tote is an adverb which means “at that time.”  In Greek, just as in English, adverbs can tell “when” an action occurs.  In other words, the text is saying that the events described in Matthew 4:1-11 happened immediately after the events at the end of chapter 3, which was Jesus’ baptism. 

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