Familiarity helps, this section is from Matthew 4 when Jesus fasts in the wilderness for 40 days and then is tempted by Satan. The portions in all caps and quotes are references to Old Testament scripture. Capitalized He/Him refers to Jesus. The devil taunts Him with a quote from Psalm 91 saying the angels will hold (bear) Him up if He jumps off the building and He won't fall - this would be a 'test' of God's promise from the Psalm.
Satan is characterized as 'the ruler of this world'(John12:31) and the 'god of this world' (2Corinthians 4:4) based on his influence over unbelievers. Satan desires to be worshipped like God which is the reason he fell from heaven.(Isaiah 14:12-15) This is the final and ultimate temptation and Jesus refuses to worship him, so he leaves.
Typically words like 'began' are italicized when they were not in the original source document but were added for clarity during translation.
Familiarity helps, this section is from Matthew 4 when Jesus fasts in the wilderness for 40 days and then is tempted by Satan. The portions in all caps and quotes are references to Old Testament scripture. Capitalized He/Him refers to Jesus. The devil taunts Him with a quote from Psalm 91 saying the angels will hold (bear) Him up if He jumps off the building and He won't fall - this would be a 'test' of God's promise from the Psalm.
Satan is characterized as 'the ruler of this world'(John12:31) and the 'god of this world' (2Corinthians 4:4) based on his influence over unbelievers. Satan desires to be worshipped like God which is the reason he fell from heaven.(Isaiah 14:12-15) This is the final and ultimate temptation and Jesus refuses to worship him, so he leaves. Typically words like 'began' are italicized when they were not in the original source document but were added for clarity during translation.
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain that stuff. I was trying but completely lost.
You're welcome, fren.