Wilt worship before me (προσκυνησηις ενωπιον εμου). Matthew 4:9 has it more bluntly "worship me." That is what it reall…

If thou therefore, wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan:

The tempta…

Theophylact of Ohrid: The enemy first assailed Christ with the temptation of the appetite, just as he did with Adam. He nex…

The second temptation involves similar issues. In a vision, the devil takes Jesus to a “high place” and offers him the world. Once again, what the …

If you therefore will worship me
Or "before me"; that is, fall down before him, and give him divine worship and homa…

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…