Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tempt.
2. (a.) Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures.
Library
Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Tempting Jesus (By Asking) ...
... Book XIV. 16. Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Tempting Jesus (by Asking) Whether
Was Lawful for a Man to Put Away His Wife for Every Cause. ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/16 concerning the pharisees and.htm
He Shows that Like the Devil when Tempting Christ, the Heretics ...
... Book VII. Chapter XVI. He shows that like the devil when tempting Christ,
the heretics garble and pervert holy Scripture. Why then ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter xvi he shows that.htm
Adam's Sin
... His wiles are worse than his darts. Satan's subtlety in tempting; (1.) He dealt
all along as an impostor, he ushered in his temptation by lies.1st Lie. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/2 adams sin.htm
Temptations.
... Doubtless we had done as bad with half the argument of thy temptation. Satan
by tempting one may chiefly intend the destruction of another. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xv temptations.htm
Of the Person to whom the Two Precepts Concerning the Love of God ...
... And one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and
saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter lxxiii of the person to.htm
Matt. xix. 16
... was it a small forwardness the young man had shown up to this time in having fallen
into such a desire; and when of the rest some were tempting, some were ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxiii matt xix 16.htm
Whether the Manner and Order of the First Temptation was Fitting?
... Hence the devil, in tempting man, made use of a twofold incentive to sin: one on
the part of the intellect, by promising the Divine likeness through the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the manner and order.htm
Explanation of the Lord's Question About his Mother and his ...
... them. But it was with the view of tempting Him, that they had mentioned
to Him a mother and brethren which He did not possess. The ...
/.../tertullian/ on the flesh of christ/chapter vii explanation of the lords.htm
Matt. xxii. 34-36.
... had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together;
and one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxi matt xxii 34-36.htm
Why the Pharisees Asked a Sign from Heaven.
... coming together unto Jesus, who disagreed in matters relating to the resurrection,
but came, as it were, to an agreement for the sake of tempting our Saviour ...
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Thesaurus
Tempting (12 Occurrences)... & vb. n.) of Tempt. 2. (a.) Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring;
seductive; enticing; as,
tempting pleasures.
...Tempting (12 Occurrences).
.../t/tempting.htm - 9kNazirite (10 Occurrences)
... when the Israelites, having failed to overcome the native population, began to mix
freely with them, the local worship, full of tempting Dionysiac elements ...
/n/nazirite.htm - 21k
Temptation (22 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
2. (n.) The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil. ...
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Question (153 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEY BBE YLT NAS). Matthew 16:1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come,
tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven, (YLT). ...
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Questioned (57 Occurrences)
... Mark 10:2 And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful
for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, (YLT). ...
/q/questioned.htm - 22k
Nethinim (16 Occurrences)
... It is no doubt tempting to see in the Gibeonites the earliest Nethinim, but another
tradition traces their origin to a gift of David and the princes for the ...
/n/nethinim.htm - 18k
Useless (47 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 3:5 because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know
your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our ...
/u/useless.htm - 19k
Welcome (31 Occurrences)
... Luke 16:9 "But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty
as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents ...
/w/welcome.htm - 15k
Win (27 Occurrences)
... Luke 16:9 "But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty
as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents ...
/w/win.htm - 14k
Inviting (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invite. 2. (a.) Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement
or prospect. Multi-Version Concordance Inviting (2 Occurrences). ...
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Resources
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