Sacred Secrets: A Commentary on the First Three Gospels of the New Testament of the Holy Bible

By Jaunot

Sacred Secrets is the entire Gospel of Mark, the first Gospel written about the character Jesus in the King James Version of the Holy Bible, divided into individual episodes.

Each episode from the Gospel of Mark is followed by "only" the corresponding episodes from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

Differences found among the verses, author-motivated agendas, and deliberate fictitious addition to scripture--the purpose of which could only be to manipulate the exponentially growing mass of non-Jewish heathen Christians--are revealed.

Using a process more accurate than "textual criticism," a branch of textual scholarship concerned with the identification of textual variants of ancient manuscripts, truths about the so-called Christ are brought to light, the likes of which have never before been imagined! Truths about the life and supposed death of the character "Jesus Christ" are realized! More importantly, the discerned meanings behind "parables" uttered by a "human being" who was enveloped in the "Spirit like a dove," which descended from above, accompanied by a voice from heaven saying, "Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased," are explained!

A new millennium revelation!

Sacred Secrets is a commentary on the first three Gospels of the New Testament of the Holy Bible.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible when reverse-translated--that is, the pertinent words presented in the original Hebrew and Greek languages--"is the inspired and inerrant Word of God."

The so-called discrepancies seem to have been put there intentionally not by the human beings who deliberately altered the scriptures but by their "Creator," who inspired their mischievous misdeeds.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638742340

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Chapter 1

My Beloved Son

According to most modern-day scholars, the Virgin Mary story and the genealogies found in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke are total fiction, that is, make-believe.

Because of that fact, only the stories that the Gospels of Matthew and Luke have in common with the first Gospel written, the Gospel of Mark, will be examined. And with that said, let us begin.

The Gospel of Mark

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (Mark 1:1)

The opening verse to the Gospel of Mark is more of a title than an actual verse. It describes the author’s opinion about what the overall writing is supposed to be about. It may have been added after the original manuscript’s publication.

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. (Mark 1:2)

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. (Mark 1:3)

John did baptize in the wilderness and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. (Mark 1:4)

And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. (Mark 1:5)

And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; (Mark 1:6)

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. (Mark 1:7)

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. (Mark 1:8)

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. (Mark 1:9)

The Gospel of Mark is the most authentic/genuine of the four Gospels. It is the story of the Man Jesus, who just so happens that to have been chosen by God to be his representative on earth. While the character Jesus being baptized by the character John the Baptist is a possibility, the backstory of the character John the Baptist leaves a lot to be desired…

These opening verses were taken from the Old Testament, in the books of Malachi and Isaiah:

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 3:1)

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isaiah 40:3)

John was baptizing for the remission of sins.

For the remission of sins?

What sins could the character Jesus have committed?

Perhaps the same sins any other man could have committed! After all, the character Jesus was a man, at least in the Gospel of Mark. The character Jesus was a man from the city of Nazareth in Galilee.

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him. (Mark 1:10)

Spirit—(4151) a current of air that is breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively a spirit that is (human) the rational soul (by implication) vital principle mental disposition etc. or (superhuman) an angel daemon or (divine) God Christ’s spirit the Holy spirit: — ghost life spirit (-ual -ually) mind.

The words Ghost and Spirit have the same meaning.

And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Mark 1:11)

A voice from heaven said, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Two things stand out from this:

The voice said, Thou art my Son. The voice was supposedly speaking to the character Jesus. If the voice is speaking to the character Jesus, how then does the author of the Gospel of Mark know what was said?

The author couldn’t have known what the voice said, but we the audience do know. The author wrote from the point of view of an observer.

The word Son is spelled with a capital S for no apparent reason.

A word spelled with a capital letter in the English language follows certain rules: we use capitals for proper nouns. In other words, capitalize the names of people, specific places, and things. For example, we don’t capitalize the word bridge unless it starts a sentence, but we must capitalize Brooklyn Bridge because it is the name of a specific bridge.

The word Son is used many times throughout the Holy Scriptures, most of the times consistently with the above rule.

There are other words that are exceptions to the rule. They also are spelled with capital letters for no apparent reason.

Why the exceptions?

In the case of the word Son being spelled with a capital S for no apparent reason, when that occurs, it should be understood as meaning "the spirit of the word Son."

So the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God becomes the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, who is of some sort of spiritual kinship of God.

The Gospel of Matthew

The author of the Gospel of Matthew used the Gospel of Mark as a source. In the Gospel of Matthew, the character Jesus is portrayed as a Messiah.

Messiah — From H4886; anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a {king} {priest} or saint); specifically, the Messiah: —{anointed} Messiah.

H4886 — to rub with {oil} that {is} to anoint; by implication to consecrate; also, to paint: — {anoint} paint.

The word Messiah is only used two times in the entire Holy Bible. It is used in Daniel 9:25–26.

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. (Daniel 9:25)

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. (Daniel 9:26)

A Messiah is someone who has been anointed, rubbed oil upon, like a king or a prince.

Daniel 9:25–26 is speaking about a prince!

Because, and only because, the author of the Gospel of Matthew was greatly offended by what the author of the Gospel of Mark had written, that is, a book about a Heathen from Nazareth of Galilee performing great miracles, did a Jewish Messiah emerge from the depths of the author of the Gospel of Matthew’s imagination!

Knowing that no one who was familiar with the Hebrew scriptures would entertain the ludicrous idea of a Messiah from Galilee, the author of the Gospel of Matthew used the Greek word Christ, which means the same as the Hebrew word Messiah, to disguise the character Jesus, who became on paper and in the minds of many Jesus Christ or Jesus the Messiah!

The words Messiah and Christ share the same meaning, but neither is the last name of the character Jesus.

The author of the Gospel of Matthew dug deep into the Hebrew scriptures to find a story to tell that would, without a doubt, make the character Jesus 100 percent Jewish!

The author decided that the story of Moses, the Jewish leader who rescued the Israelites from Egypt, was just what the doctor ordered!

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea. And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 3:1–2)

The phrase kingdom of heaven appears thirty-four times in the New Testament of the Bible: once in the Gospel of Luke, once in the book of Revelations, and thirty-two times in the Gospel of Matthew!

It’s sad to say, but the author of the Gospel of Matthew probably made up the kingdom of heaven.

For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. (Matthew 3:3)

It seems that the name Esaias is the Greek spelling of the name Isaiah, because although most times the author of the Gospel of Matthew gets it wrong, the verses referred to are like those in the book of Isaiah:

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isaiah 40:3)

And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. (Matthew 3:4)

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, (Matthew 3:5)

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. (Matthew 3:6)

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matthew 3:7)

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance. (Matthew 3:8)

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. (Matthew 3:9)

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. (Matthew 3:10)

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. (Matthew 3:11)

In the Gospel of Mark, this verse is written as

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. (Mark 1:8)

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. (Matthew 3:12)

This account in Matthew 3:7–11 is also in Luke 3:7–9.

If the Gospels of Matthew and Luke are the only places a saying of the character Jesus can be found, it’s probably not a saying of the character Jesus. It’s most likely something that the author of the Gospel of Matthew made up and the author of the Gospel of Luke copied and changed!

If the only place a saying of the character Jesus can be found is the Gospel of Mark, first check to see if the author of the Gospel of Matthew changed it in any way. If it has been changed in any way by the author of the Gospel of Matthew, it’s something the character Jesus probably said.

This whole fire and brimstone, heaven and hell, or righteous and sinner thing that permeates the Christian belief system is most likely a product of the authors of Matthew’s and Luke’s fertile imaginations.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. (Matthew 3:13)

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? (Matthew 3:14)

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. (Matthew 3:15)

Verses 14 and 15 of chapter 3 are unique to the Gospel of Matthew, which means that conversation probably didn’t happen.

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him. (Matthew 3:16)

The author of the Gospel of Matthew changed what the author of Mark wrote:

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him. (Mark 1:10)

That which came down like a dove, went from a Spirit in the Gospel of Mark to the Spirit of God in the Gospel of Matthew…

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Matthew 3:17)

In the Gospel of Mark, the character Jesus is the only person who knows that he had been chosen by God.

In the Gospel of Matthew, everyone within the sound of the voice from heaven heard the Great Announcement!

The Gospel of Luke

The author of the Gospel of Luke used the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew as sources.

The Gospel of Luke portrays the character Jesus as a Jewish Prophet who was rejected by his people. So being rejected by his own, the character Jesus resorts to spreading the good news to everyone, including the Gentiles.

The author of the Gospel of Luke is faced with a serious dilemma. There are two books written about the character Jesus.

One of the books claim to be the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; a heathen from Nazareth of Galilee. The other book claims to be the book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham whose birth was on this wise: When as his mother, Mary, was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, had sex, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

The author of the second book, the Gospel of Matthew, fashioned the story of the character Jesus after the famous Jewish leader Moses!

Now how is an author of the Gospel of Luke going to contend with stories like that?

Simple, copy pertinent information from each of the two stories, but, instead of a Messiah for the Jews, make the story about a Jewish Prophet for the multitudes! Instead of fashioning a story about a famous Jewish leader, mimic the stories of the famous Old Testament prophets—Elijah and Elisha"!

With that said,

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene. (Luke 3:1)

Right out the gate, the author of the Gospel of Luke wants to impress the audience with detailed professional writing, undeniable knowledge, and obvious name-dropping!

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. (Luke 3:2)

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. (Luke 3:3)

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. (Luke 3:4)

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth. (Luke 3:5)

And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. (Luke 3:6)

I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why the authors of Mark, Matthew, and Luke decided to take the following scriptures out of context:

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. (Isaiah 40:1)

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. (Isaiah 40:2)

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isaiah 40:3)

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. (Isaiah 40:4)

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. (Isaiah 40:5)

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. (Malachi:3:1)

I’m guessing it’s because they wanted John the Baptist to be someone foretold by scripture alongside the character Jesus?

Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Luke 3:7)

In the Gospel of Matthew, this verse is written as:

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matthew 3:7)

The author of the Gospel of Luke changed Pharisees and Sadducees to the multitude.

It seems the author of the Gospel of Matthew has a problem with Pharisees and Sadducees, which gives somewhat of a clue to the identity of the author.

The author of the Gospel of Matthew was probably a Greek-educated Jewish scribe.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. (Luke 3:8)

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. (Luke 3:9)

And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? (Luke 3:10)

He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. (Luke 3:11)

Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? (Luke 3:12)

And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. (Luke 3:13)

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. (Luke 3:14)

The author of the Gospel of Luke changed the account in the Gospel of Matthew from the condemnation of the Jewish leaders to the condemnation of the whole multitude of people—publicans and soldiers included!

Then the author of the Gospel of Luke has John the Baptist instruct, the people—the publicans and the soldiers—on what they should do so as not to be hewed down, and casted into the fire.

Really?

This little move by the author of the Gospel of Luke also gives a clue.

The author of the Gospel of Luke is probably a high-ranking member of the Sanhedrin or at least a high priest.

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not. (Luke 3:15)

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. (Luke 3:16)

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. (Luke 3:17)

In the Gospel of Matthew, Luke:3:17 is written as:

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. (Matthew 3:12)

Luke 3:17 and Matthew 3:12 are almost identical and found only in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, which means the character John the Baptist probably didn’t say it.

And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. (Luke 3:18)

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done. (Luke 3:19)

Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. (Luke 3:20)

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened. (Luke 3:21)

This account can be found in the Gospel of Mark as

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. (Mark 1:9)

And also in the Gospel of Matthew as

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. (Matthew 3:13)

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? (Matthew 3:14)

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. (Matthew 3:15)

The phrase baptized, and praying is unique to the Gospel of Luke, which means the character Jesus probably wasn’t being baptized and praying.

And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. (Luke 3:22)

The three different versions of the same event is only one of the reasons I suspect the John the Baptist story probably didn’t happen.

In the Gospel of Mark, the Spirit descended like a dove.

In the Gospel of Matthew, the Spirit of God descended like a dove.

In the Gospel of Luke, the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove, then

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done. (Luke 3:19)

Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. (Luke 3:20)

It seems that Luke 3:19–20 was an afterthought!

There is just too much going on in the opening scenes of this metaphoric tale to believe…

The Wilderness

The Gospel of Mark

And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. (Mark 1:12)

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him. (Mark 1:13)

In Mark 1:12–13, the character Jesus was driven into the wilderness by the Spirit for forty days, he was tempted by Satan, and the angels ministered unto him.

That’s all the author of the Gospel of Mark had to say about it.

The Gospel of Matthew

Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. (Matthew 4:1)

The author of the Gospel of Matthew changed what the author of Mark wrote from And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan to Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

There is a big difference between He was there in the wilderness forty days, (comma) tempted of Satan and Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness ‘To be tempted’ of the devil.

In the first case, he was there for forty days. While he was there, he (the character Jesus) was being tempted of by Satan. In the second case, Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness (for a purpose) to be tempted of the devil, the character Jesus did not go to the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. While the character Jesus was in the wilderness, Satan tempted him!

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. (Matthew 4:2)

The Gospel of Mark does not mention anything about the character Jesus fasting!

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. (Matthew 4:3)

The word tempter is used twice in the entire Holy Bible. It is used once here in the Gospel of Matthew and once in the letter of 1 Thessalonians, which means the tempter is probably not a real thing.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4)

This scriptural reference can be found in the Old Testament:

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. (Deuteronomy:8:3)

The author of the Gospel of Matthew quotes from the Hebrew Scriptures frequently to add credibility.

Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple. (Matthew 4:5)

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. (Matthew 4:6)

This scriptural reference can also be found in the Old Testament:

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. (Psalm 91:11)

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. (Psalm 91:12)

Not quite the same, but close enough for the author of the Gospel of Matthew.

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. (Matthew 4:7)

This scriptural reference can also be found in the Old Testament:

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. (Deuteronomy:6:16)

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them. (Matthew 4:8)

And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. (Matthew 4:9)

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (Matthew 4:10)

For it is written? The only scripture that comes close to Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve is

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. (Exodus 34:14)

Exodus 34:14 doesn’t even get that close! The only place that It is written is written is in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. We’ve established that if what the character Jesus purportedly said only appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, then he probably didn’t say it at all.

Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. (Matthew 4:11)

The amazing thing about the author of the Gospel of Matthew is the ability to get a fantastic story like this one from only the two verses written in the Gospel of Mark…

The purpose of the author of the Gospel of Matthew is to turn the heathen from Galilee into a 100 percent Jewish Messiah!

What better way to accomplish that goal than for the character Jesus to withstand the temptations of the archenemy of good, his adversary, with very carefully chosen responses from the Hebrew Scriptures?

The Gospel of Luke

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, (Luke 4:1)

The Gospel of Luke changed the word Spirit to Holy Ghost.

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. (Luke 4:2)

In the Gospel of Mark, the character Jesus was tempted by Satan.

In both the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, the character Jesus is tempted of the devil, which makes me want to find out, what’s the difference between Satan and the devil?

In the Gospel of Mark, the character Jesus is tempted of Satan. The name Satan is first found in 1 Chronicles 21:1: And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

Satan just popped up from nowhere! I’m guessing Satan just popped up into the mind of King David, like Jiminy Cricket in the 1940 Disney-animated feature film Pinocchio.

For whatever reason, the authors of the Strong’s Concordance insist on linking the name Satan with the word devil:

Satan — corresponding to G4566 (with the definite article affixed); the accuser that is the devil.

G4566 — Of Hebrew origin [H7854]; Satan that is the devil.

Simply put

The Greek definition of Satan is the accuser.

The Hebrew definition of Satan is an opponent; the archenemy of good; adversary.

The phrases the accuser that is the devil and Satan that is the devil are some BS that some Orthodox Christian menfolk tried to slip past.

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. (Luke 4:3)

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. (Luke 4:4)

In the Gospel of Matthew, this verse is written as

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4)

The author, authors, or authorities of—or whoever wrote—the Gospel of Luke left out the phrase that proceedeth out of the mouth.

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. (Luke 4:5)

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. (Luke 4:6)

If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. (Luke 4:7)

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (Luke 4:8)

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence. (Luke 4:9)

For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee. (Luke 4:10)

And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. (Luke 4:11)

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. (Luke 4:12)

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. (Luke 4:13)

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. (Luke 4:14)

The Gospel according to Mark does mention the character Jesus being tempted, which is where I’m guessing at least one of the authors, either the author of the Gospel of Matthew or Luke got their information.

Or maybe they both got their information from the hypothetical Q source.

The Two-source Hypothesis proposes that the Gospels of Matthew and Luke were written independently, each using Mark and a second hypothetical document