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The standard loaf of bread in this period was a round, flat loaf, and it seems likely that the stones being referred to in this verse are of a similar size and shape. [ 4 ] This is the second mention in Matthew of stones being transformed, with stones to people being threatened in Matthew 3:9 .
Matthew 4:4 is the fourth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus, who has been fasting in the desert, has just been tempted by Satan to make bread from stones to relieve his hunger, and in this verse he rejects this idea.
Mark does not provide details, but in Matthew and Luke "the tempter" (Greek: ὁ πειράζων, ho peirazōn) [31] or "the devil" (Greek: ὁ διάβολος, ho diabolos) tempts Jesus to: Make bread out of stones to relieve his own hunger; Jump from a pinnacle and rely on angels to break his fall.
In this verse Satan is tempting Jesus to become a political figure rather than a spiritual one. Many Jews expected the messiah would be both a spiritual and political liberator who would lead the Jewish people to freedom from the Romans and dominion over the world. Why Jesus did not do so was an important discussion in the early church.
In Luke 22:31, Jesus grants Satan the authority to test Peter and the other apostles. [88] Luke 22:3–6 states that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus because "Satan entered" him [87] and, in Acts 5:3, Peter describes Satan as "filling" Ananias's heart and causing him to sin. [89] The Gospel of John only uses the name Satan three times. [90]
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis, Professor Weston offers his soul to Satan for free, without asking for any return - with very terrible results [21] Peter Schlemiel by Adelbert von Chamisso [3] The Picture of Dorian Gray, novel by Oscar Wilde Dorian Gray vocally offers his soul in exchange for eternal youth so that a painting will age for him. [22]
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Mark 8 is the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It contains two miracles of Jesus , Peter's confession that he believes Jesus is the Messiah , and Jesus' first prediction of his own death and resurrection .