{"id":117,"date":"2014-06-27T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/?p=117"},"modified":"2014-05-22T23:27:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T23:27:03","slug":"matthew-41-11-the-temptation-of-jesus-bible-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/06\/matthew-41-11-the-temptation-of-jesus-bible-difficulties.html","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 4:1-11; The Temptation of Jesus (Bible Difficulties)"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Matthew, Satan offered Jesus the kingdoms of the world as his third and final temptation. Luke 4:5-12, however, appears to indicate that the kingdoms were Satan\u2019s second temptation. Which author got it right? Well, most scholars answer that question this way: Both are right.<\/p>\n

The consensus of academic thought is that Matthew was giving a deliberately chronological report of this event, while Luke was simply telling what was included without concerning himself with chronology. Scholars point to grammatical construction to support this view. Matthew peppered his account with sequential adverbs\u2014such as \u201cthen,\u201d (tote, <\/i>in 4:5) and \u201cagain\u201d (palin<\/i> in 4:8)\u2014to move the reader from one temptation to the next. Luke, though, simply adds the conjunction \u201cand\u201d (kai<\/i>) as his connectors between the temptations.<\/p>\n

One theologian explains Luke\u2019s difference by comparing it to a girl who reports that for Thanksgiving she had, \u201cApple pie and turkey and everything!\u201d He continues, \u201cThe chances are that a more careful interrogation would reveal that she had been served the turkey before she had her apple pie\u2026Could her report be faulted as erroneous under these circumstances? Hardly!\u201d<\/p>\n

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