Then Jesus was taken up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tested by the devil. Matthew 4:1 Taken Up – This is the only place in the gospel of Matthew where the Greek verb anago (to take up) is used. Of course, anyone who stands at the mouth of the Jordan River realizes…
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Matthew 4:1 Tempted – One of the biggest mistakes in Christian interpretation of Scripture is to think that the context of these words is wholly contemporary. That means that we think that the messages of Scripture were written…
