Paragraph 4:13
4:13a
When the devil had finished every temptation: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates literally as every temptation means that the devil had tried every kind of temptation during Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness. He had probably tried more than the three temptations Luke listed here.
Some other ways to translate this are:
After the devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way (God’s Word)
-or-
After the devil had finished testing Jesus in every way possible (Contemporary English Version)
temptation: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as temptation is the noun form of the verb that the Berean Standard Bible translates as “put to the test” in 4:12b. Some other ways to translate this word are:
tempting (New International Version)
-or-
tests
-or-
testing
4:13b
he left Him: The phrase he left Him means “the devil left Jesus.” The devil went away and stopped bothering Jesus for a while.
until an opportune time: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as until an opportune time is literally “until a time/season.” There are two ways to interpret this phrase:
(1) It means until Satan found a good/suitable time. For example:
until a better time (New Century Version)
(Berean Standard Bible, New International Version, Revised Standard Version, NET Bible, New Jerusalem Bible, New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version, New Living Translation (2004), New Century Version)
(2) It means for a short time. For example:
for a while (Good News Translation)
(Contemporary English Version, Good News Translation, King James Version)
It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1).
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