3 episodes discuss Matthew 4 — in canonical order, playable from the moment the passage comes up.
Matthew 4:1–11 · Lane G. Tipton
So when you come to Christ’s reiteration and intensification of these words in the Sermon on the Mount, what you have preceding that, among other things, is what? He is called out of Egypt, Matthew 2.15. He is tempted as the true Israelite, Matthew 4.1-11.
Matthew 4:4 · Lane G. Tipton
And really what we ought to think of is this, that when Jesus is tempted, we won’t get into this in detail, but when Jesus is tempted as the last Adam in Luke 4.4, his first response to the serpent is to quote from Deuteronomy 8.13, Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from
Matthew 4:17 · Lane G. Tipton
Yeah, it’s quite stunning. I was looking at the places where kingdom of heaven occurs, and I don’t want to read them all, but just a small sampling. Matthew 3.2, Matthew 4.17, Matthew 5.3, Matthew 5.10, 13.11, 16.19, 18.11, and there are plenty more.
