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It Is Written
This video sets Matthew 4:1-11 to music and film, in 3 min 14 sec. Watch it here, then read what the passage covers and carry on into the study and the songs drawn from the same Scripture.
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It Is Written
Jesus enters the wilderness after the Father has named him Son, and each temptation presses on what that identity will mean in practice. Hunger is real, Scripture is quoted on both sides, and Jesus answers from Israel’s wilderness texts rather than turning sonship into self-provision, spectacle, or worship exchanged for rule.
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Matthew 4: Sonship tested before the crowds arrive
Jesus enters the wilderness after the Father has named him Son, and each temptation presses on what that identity will mean in practice. Hunger is real, Scripture is quoted on both sides, and Jesus answers from Israel’s wilderness texts rather than turning sonship into self-provision, spectacle, or worship exchanged for rule. After the tempter leaves, Matthew moves to Galilee, where John’s imprisonment marks a transition rather than the end of the proclamation. Isaiah’s light rises in the old territories of Zabulon and Nephthalim, Jesus announces the kingdom, and two pairs of brothers leave fishing work to follow him. Teaching, preaching, and healing then move together across a widening map, explaining why the crowds gather for what follows.
Study Matthew 4 in depthSongs from this passage
- It Is WrittenMatthew 4:1-11
- Not by Bread AloneMatthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13
Named in this passageJesusIsaiah
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