- It seems unlikely that the devil led Jesus through the wilderness and streets of Jerusalem and then they scaled a pinnacle of the temple together, all in view of the inquisitive Jews. Josephus makes no record of anything like this happening - presumably it would have caused a major stir. Similarly, if these temptations occurred several times within the forty days as well as at the end of that period (which they did at least twice, seeing that Matthew and Luke have them in different order), how would Jesus have had time to walk (n.b. the devil "led" Jesus there) to the nearest high mountain (which would have been Hermon in the far north of Israel), climb to the top and back down again, return to the wilderness and then repeat the exercise?
Anaonekana namna tofauti ibilisi aliyemwongoza Yesu kupita jangwani na mitaa ya Yerusalemu kisha walipanda kinara cha hekalu pamoja, wote kwa mtazamo wa udadisi wa Wayahudi. Josephus hatoi taarifa yoyote ya kutokea hii - kwa kuthubutu kungesababisha vurugu kubwa.