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Verse 3
- The irony of this temptation is that Jesus is the bread of life (John 6) and, as Jehovah, provided bread in the wilderness (Exodus 16).
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- Howard W. Hunter, "The Temptations of Christ," Ensign, Nov 1976, 17. President Hunter teaches that the reason this was wrong was that Satan was asking Christ to do this in a miraculous fashion for a self-interested reason. It would not have been a temptation if he had asked Jesus to go down and get some bread from the bread maker since it was appropriate to eat at the end of his fast.
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Verse 4
- D. Todd Christofferson, "Let Us Be Men," Ensign, Nov 2006, pp. 46–48. Elder Christofferson remarked that, when confronted by temptation, Jesus countered with scripture. "Gospel commandments and standards are our protection also, and like the Savior, we may draw strength from the scriptures to resist temptation."
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