Every temptation (παντα πειρασμον). These three kinds exhaust the avenues of approach (the appetites, the nerves, the ambitions). …

Departed for a season. For a time. From this it appears that our Savior was afterward subjected to temptations by Satan, but no particular…

When the devil had ended all the temptation.—Better, had completed every kind of temptation. The three trials we…

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee:…

St. Ambrose of Milan: The next weapon he uses is boasting, which always causes the offender to fall, for those who love to b…

The devil leaves only temporarily until a more opportune time (cf. 22:53; 23:35, 37, 39).

And when the devil had ended all the temptation
Or "all his temptations", as the Syriac version reads; not only the last menti…

Christ's being led into the wilderne gave an advantage to the tempter, for there He was alone; no one was with Him by whose prayers and advice He m…