The Definition of the word Temptation

Temptation

(1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God tempted [Gen. 22:" "1; R.V., `did prove'] Abraham;" and afflictions are said to" "tempt, i.e., to try, men (James 1:2, 12; comp. Deut. 8:2)," "putting their faith and patience to the test. (2.) Ordinarily," "however, the word means solicitation to that which is evil, and" "hence Satan is called "the tempter" (Matt. 4:3). Our Lord was in" this way tempted in the wilderness. That temptation was not "internal, but by a real, active, subtle being. It was not" self-sought. It was submitted to as an act of obedience on his "part. "Christ was led, driven. An unseen personal force bore him" "a certain violence is implied in the words" (Matt. 4:1-11)." "The scene of the temptation of our Lord is generally supposed to "have been the mountain of Quarantania (q.v.), "a high and" "precipitous wall of rock, 1,200 or 1,500 feet above the plain" "west of Jordan, near Jericho." "Temptation is common to all (Dan. 12:10; Zech. 13:9; Ps. 66:10; "Luke 22:31, 40; Heb. 11:17; James 1:12; 1 Pet. 1:7; 4:12). We" "read of the temptation of Joseph (Gen. 39), of David (2 Sam. 24;" "1 Chr. 21), of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 32:31), of Daniel (Dan. 6), etc." "So long as we are in this world we are exposed to temptations," and need ever to be on our watch against them.