Satan thus hoped to shake the confidence of Christ in his Father, who had permitted him to be brought into this condition of extreme suffering in the desert, where the feet of man had never trodden. The arch-enemy hoped that under the force of despondency and extreme hunger, he could urge Christ to exert his miraculous power in his own behalf, and thus take himself out of the Father’s hands. {2SP 92.1}

(92) Satan håbede på denne måde at svække Kristi tillid til hans fader, som havde tilladt, at han var kommet i denne tilstand og måtte lide så meget i ørknen, hvor menneskelige fødder aldrig havde trådt. Erkefjenden håbede, at han kunne få Kristus til, medens han led af forsagthed og stærk hunger, at bruge sin Guddommelige magt til sin egen fordel, og således unddrage sig fra Faderens omsorg.