4. "And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God..." (Luke 4:3). It must have been a constant temptation within the mind of Christ to question whether he really was the Son of God, seeing that everyone else thought he was the son of Joseph (Luke 3:23; John 6:42) or illegitimate (so John 9:29 implies), and that the official temple records described him as the son of Joseph (Mt.1:1,16; Lk.3:23, where "supposed" means 'reckoned by law').
"Ibilisi akamwambia, Ukiwa ndiwe mwana wa Mungu, ……."(Luk. 4: 3). ilibidi majaribu yawe yakidumu bila kubadilika ndani ya nia ya Yesu kuhoji ikiwa kwa kweli alikuwa Mwana wa Mungu, kwa kuwa kila mmoja aliwaza ni mtoto wa Yusufu (Math. 1: 1, 6; Luk. 3: 23, palipo na neno"akidhaniwa"maana yake'alihesabiwa kwa sheria’). Alikuwa ni mtu wa pekee kutokuwa na Baba mwanadamu.