---
title: 'The Testing of Jesus'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Marcellus McPheeters'
date: 1919-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Deity, and Person and Work of Christ'
- 'Messianic, New Testament Prophecy, and Old Testament Prophecy'
- 'Hermeneutics'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 4'
- 'Luke 4'
- 'Deuteronomy 8'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/mcpheeters-1919-the-testing-of-jesus
---

# The Testing of Jesus

Argues Jesus' wilderness experience is a divinely-ordained testing (not mere temptation) paralleling Israel in Deuteronomy, highlighting Scripture's authoritative use and filial obedience.

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