He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.

 We must not think that the three temptations came and went like scenes in a play. We must rather think of Jesus deliberately retiring to this lonely place and for forty days wrestling with the problem of how he could win men. It was a long battle which never ceased until the cross and the story ends by saying that the tempter left Jesus--for a season. 