OK I read this four times and still can't figure out who is saying what to whom or what is going on. Who is going to hit their foot on a stone? Who's hands are going to bear who up? Why is the word 'their' italicized? What does it mean to 'bear somebody up?' What is that about? Who wants to put God to the test? Or not. Why not? Why is it in all caps like some boomer wrote it?
Satan was offering Jesus all the kingdoms and glory? He's God's son, why would he need Satan to give him anything?
So Jesus just says to Satan, hey dude it is written here that you shall worship God.
And Satan doesn't reply and just kind of wanders off at that point. ???
Then the angels began to 'minister' to Jesus? What does that mean?
Why is 'began' italicized?
There must be some kind of meta-language that religious people learn, because this doesn't make any sense to me.
OK I read this four times and still can't figure out who is saying what to whom or what is going on. Who is going to hit their foot on a stone? Who's hands are going to bear who up? Why is the word 'their' italicized? What does it mean to 'bear somebody up?' What is that about? Who wants to put God to the test? Or not. Why not? Why is it in all caps like some boomer wrote it?
Satan was offering Jesus all the kingdoms and glory? He's God's son, why would he need Satan to give him anything?
So Jesus just says to Satan, hey dude it is written here that you shall worship God.
And Satan doesn't reply and just kind of wanders off at that point. ???
Then the angels began to 'minister' to Jesus? What does that mean?
Why is 'began' italicized?
There must be some kind of meta-language that religious people learn, because this doesn't make any sense to me.
That is from Luke 4. Try the NLT translation, it is somewhat easier to understand.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+4&version=NLT
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain that stuff. I was trying but completely lost.
Thanks, fren.
How do I match up the text in the image with stuff on that web page because they seem to be different.