Jesus was led … by the Spirit … to be tempted by the devil.
The wordtempted
can be translated either tested
or tempted.
God cannot be tempted with evil (James 1:13). Jesus, as man, could be tempted in all points as we are, yet without sin
(Heb. 2:17-18; 4:14-16; 7:25-26). The Spirit will lead us into testing (James 1:2-4, 12), but not into temptation (Matt. 6:13).
