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I intend to exegete chapter 4, verses one through thirteen of the Gospel according to Luke. In Luke 4:1-13, we find that Jesus goes into the wilderness for forty days and forty nights for fasting and prayer. Luke says that after the forty days and nights are over, Satan himself comes to him and endeavors to tempt Jesus into doing things that exploit his powers as the son of GOD. Jesus resists the temptations and Satan leaves him be for the time being. To get a better understanding of this passage of scripture, we must delve into the history of the Gospel according to Luke then relate it to the modern day times. From there, it will be easier to make a personal interpretation of this very important text in the New Testament. In order to really get a grasp at what the book of Luke is trying to get across, we will go into the history of the book. Written some time around 85-90 CE, it is believed that a man named Luke was not only the author of the book of Luke, but the book of Acts as well. Luke is believed to have been a physician, which would imply that he was very educated. We can clearly see evidence of this fact in reading both Luke and Acts. The large vocabulary and stylistic writings in these books would suggest that