the temptation of Christ
event · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
tempt Him by food
spoken of as
1 expressiontemptation of Christ1 mention
De ieiunio adversus psychicos (Latin)
Nay, He was initiating the new man, in reproach of the old, by the virtue of disdaining food, that He might show him, to the devil who sought again to tempt Him by food, stronger by an entire fast.
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Stromata
The gospel episode in which Christ is tempted by the devil, cited as an example of outwitting through ambiguity.
For it is by ambiguity that the Lord outwits the devil at the time of the temptation;
Adversus Praxean
The devil's temptation of Jesus after his baptism, using scriptural quotation.
The serpent fell out with himself here, since when he tempted Jesus Christ after the baptism of John, he approached him as the Son of God, being sure that God had a Son, even from those very Scriptures out of which he was then framing the temptation.
De ieiunio adversus psychicos
The devil's temptation of Christ by food following his baptismal fast.
Nay, He was initiating the new man, in reproach of the old, by the virtue of disdaining food, that He might show him, to the devil who sought again to tempt Him by food, stronger by an entire fast.