In the story of the temptation of Jesus, four important issues have to be clarified:

1. Who is the First to launch the title Son of God on Jesus?
2. Satan knows the Old Testament and he misquotes its verses.
3. Jesus knows the Old Testament he accurately quotes its verses.
4. What Jesus said about Satan?

The interesting Biblical story of the temptation of Jesus is found in details in Matthew 4:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13.  It is also found very briefly, without any details, in Mark 1:12-13

1)    Who is the First to launch the title "Son of God" on Jesus?

It is very fascinating that Satan was the first one ever in the History to say and launch the title Son of God on Jesus.

The Bible says:

• "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter (Satan) came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
• Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
• "Then the devil took him to the Holy City and had him stand on the highest point of the temple."If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
• Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
• Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
• Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"
• Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

2)    Satan knows the Old Testament very well and he misquotes its verses

This story indicates that Satan knows the Old Testament very well but he misquotes its verses.  He said: For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

Herein, Satan misquoted the verses of Psalm 91:7-16 that say:

7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 If you make the Most High your dwelling— you said: the LORD is my refuge-

10 then no harm will befall you; no disaster will come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;

12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

This quote does not fit Jesus because:

• "A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you"… this never happened to Jesus.
• "You will see the punishment of the wicked"; Jesus did not see the punishment of the wicked that killed him.
• "No harm will befall you"; and the Jews killed him
• "Long life will I satisfy him"; Jesus lived for 33 years only.
• "Show him my salvation"; does Jesus need salvation like us?
• "You said: the LORD is my refuge"; it is well known that Jesus never ever said that in the Bible.  The only one who said that in the entire Bible is King David in Psalm 142:5 ; he said:  "I cry to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my refuge"

This shows how Satan misquotes the verses of the Old Testament.

3)    Jesus knows the Old Testament very well and he accurately quotes its verses

Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Herein, Jesus quoted the verses of Deuteronomy 8:1-6 that say:

• Be careful to follow every command I am giving you
• God test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
• God teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
• Observe the commands of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and revering him.
• Keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Herein, Jesus quoted the verses of Deuteronomy 6:16-17 that say:

• Do not test the LORD your God
• Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.

Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"

Herein, Jesus quoted a verse that is not found therein in the entire Old Testament!

This quote is basically found in Matthew 4:10 and Luke 4:8, the two books that talk about the story of the temptation of the Lord Jesus.

Herein, we have one of two possibilities:

Either the Lord Jesus is a liar, which is impossible, and this quote is not present in the Old Testament, or the writers of the Old Testament took it off from their book to prove that the Lord Jesus is a liar!  I do believe that the writers of the Old Testament are the liars not the Lord Jesus by any mean. This indicates that the Old Testament is corrupted.

Back to the testimony of Satan, the Devil, when he said that the Lord Jesus is the "Son of God"

Does Satan say the Truth?

I will let the Lord Jesus answer this question.

What the Lord Jesus said about Satan?

In John 8:44, the Lord Jesus said:

"You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies."

By the way, the Quran gives very inclusive description of Satan.

From the above, we may conclude that the teachings of the Lord Jesus clarify the relation between man and the Almighty Creator as:

• Worship the Lord God
• Keep His commandments
• walk in His ways
• Serve him only and
• Fear him.

Most of these simple and clear teachings are wiped away by Paul.

N.B. In the Quran, these teachings of Jesus are the same teachings of every messenger sent by Allah.

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Now, we have the testimony of Satan that Jesus is the son of God.

Also, we have the testimony of Jesus that Satan is the father of lies.

I will let the smart reader think about that after telling him something about "Arius"

Arius, the Christian Egyptian priest of Alexandria together with all the Egyptian priests as well as most of the priests of the Middle East especially those in Palestine (who established the church of Circumcision and forbid eating the pigs); all denied that Jesus is the son of God.

In order to settle the fiery controversy over the true nature of Jesus, the Council of Nicaea (in 325 A.D) is called by the "Pagan" Emperor Constantine.

Arius, who lived an ascetic life, and was a man of pure morals and decided convictions was invited to attend the council of Nicaea, He is asked to sign a creed formulation stating that Jesus was of the same nature as God, but he refuses. He is then declared a heretic, and banished into Illyricum. The Pagan Constantine then imposed of the doctrine of the Divine nature of Jesus by the sword.

On the other hand, the story of Temptation of Jesus is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.  Also, the Quran says very clearly that Jesus is but a messenger sent by Allah to the Israelites.

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The Bible (King James Version)

The Temptation of Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11 (the story of Temptation of Jesus in Luke 4:1-13 is similar with some few differences and is not included here to avoid repetition)

1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.

3And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

4But 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.

5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

6And 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.

7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Mark 1:12-13

12And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

13And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

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Satan misquote

Psalm 91:7-16

7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.

16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

It is only David who said it in the entire Bible

Psalm 142:5:  "I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge…"

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Jesus Quotes:

Deuteronomy 8:1-6

1All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do…

2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

6Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORDthy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Jesus: Satan is the liar and the father of lies."

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.