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God’s Son Passes the Test Excerpt Matthew emphasizes that Jesus, unlike Israel, passed his test in the wilderness.  Matthew makes this biblical background clear even in simple ways like saying the Spirit  led  Jesus into the wilderness, reflecting a common biblical motif of God guiding his people in the wilderness (as in  Ex 13:18 ,  21 ;  15:13 ,  22 ;  Deut 8:2 ). we should also note that Jesus quotes three texts from Deuteronomy, all of them commandments that Israel failed to obey but that Jesus is determined to obey. Like John, Jesus had to exit the confines of society for his supernatural encounter (see  comment  on  3:1–12 ). The wilderness (translated  desert  in the NIV because few people lived there) was not a pleasant place: some believed the wilderness to be a special haunt of demons (see  comment  on  12:43 ; compare  1 Enoch  10:4;  4 Macc 18:8 ). Apart from a few rugged ...

God’s Son Passes the Test Excerpt Matthew emphasizes that Jesus , unlike Israel, passed his test in the wilderness.   Matthew makes this biblical background clear even in simple ways like saying the Spirit   led   Jesus into the wilderness, reflecting a common biblical motif of God guiding his people in the wilderness (as in  Ex 13:18 ,  21 ; Ex   15:13 , Ex 15: 22 ;  Deut 8:2 ). we should also note that Jesus quotes three texts from Deuteronomy , all of them commandments that Israel failed to obey but that Jesus is determined to obey. Like John , Jesus had to exit the confines of society for his supernatural encounter (see  comment  on Jn   3:1–12 ). The wilderness (translated  desert  in the NIV because few people lived there) was not a pleasant place: some believed the wilderness to be a special haunt of demons (see  comment  on Matthew   12:43 ; compare  1 Enoch  10:4 ;   4 Ma...

God’s Son Passes the Test Excerpt Matthew emphasizes that Jesus, unlike Israel, passed his test in the wilderness.  Matthew makes this biblical background clear even in simple ways like saying the Spirit  led  Jesus into the wilderness, reflecting a common biblical motif of God guiding his people in the wilderness (as in  Ex 13:18 ,  21 ;  15:13 ,  22 ;  Deut 8:2 ). we should also note that Jesus quotes three texts from Deuteronomy, all of them commandments that Israel failed to obey but that Jesus is determined to obey. Like John, Jesus had to exit the confines of society for his supernatural encounter (see  comment  on  3:1–12 ). The wilderness (translated  desert  in the NIV because few people lived there) was not a pleasant place: some believed the wilderness to be a special haunt of demons (see  comment  on  12:43 ; compare  1 Enoch 10:4;  4 Macc 18:8 ). Apart from a few rugged people...