To: Friends
Temptation of Jesus
From: Fong-Ling
Then Jesus was led
by the Spirit
into the wilderness
to be tempted
by the devil.
Matthew 4:1 (NIV)
Three Temptations of Christ
by Sandro Botticelli
(Italian painter, 1445-1510),
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
After fasting
forty days
and forty nights,
he was hungry.
Matthew 4:2 (NIV)
The Temptation of Christ
by Sandro Botticelli
(Italian painter, 1445-1510),
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
The tempter
came to him and said,
“If you are the Son of God,
tell these stones
to become bread.”
Matthew 4:3 (NIV)
Temptation of Christ
by Philips Augustijn Immenraet
(Flemish painter, 1627-1679),
Museum of John Paul II Collection,
Warsaw, Poland.
The temptation of Christ in a wide landscape by Denis van Alsloot (Flemish painter, 1570–1626) and Hendrick de Clerck (Flemish painter, 1560/1570-1630), Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 4:4 (NIV)
Then the devil took him
to the holy city
and had him stand
on the highest point
of the temple.
Matthew 4:5 (NIV)
The Temptation of Christ
by Sandro Botticelli
(Italian painter, 1445-1510),
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
“If you are the Son of God,”
he said, “throw yourself down.
For it is written:
“‘He will command
his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.’”
Matthew 4:6 (NIV)
Mountain Landscape with the Temptation of Christ
by Jan Brueghel the Elder
(Flemish painter, 1568- 1625),
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Jesus answered him,
“It is also written:
‘Do not put
the Lord your God
to the test.’”
Matthew 4:7 (NIV)
The Temptation of Christ
by Sandro Botticelli
(Italian painter, 1445-1510),
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
Again, the devil took him
to a very high mountain
and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world
and their splendor.
“All this I will give you,”
he said,
“if you will bow down
and worship me.”
Matthew 4:8-9 (NIV)
Temptation of Christ and attending angels
by Maximilian Joseph Schinnagl (1697-1762),
National Museum, Warsaw, Poland.
Jesus said to him,
“Away from me, Satan!
For it is written:
‘Worship the Lord your God,
and serve Him only.’”
Matthew 4:10 (NIV)
The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain
by Duccio di Buoninsegna
(Italian painter, 1255-1319),
Frick Collection, New York.
Then the devil left him,
and angels came
and attended him.
Matthew 4:11 (NIV)
Temptation of Christ
by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen
(circa 1472/1477-1533),
Suermondt-Ludwig Museum,
Aachen, Germany.
Photographs by Fong-Ling Liau