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Jesus was LED UP by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted vs. LEAD us not INTO temptation

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Matthew 4:

1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Strong's Greek: 321. ἀνάγω (anagó) — 23 Occurrences

from ana (up) and agó (lead)

BDAG:
① to lead or bring from a lower to a higher point, lead, bring up

On the other hand, Matthew 6:

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Strong's Greek: 1533. εἰσφέρω (eispheró) — 8 Occurrences

from eis (into) and pheró (bring)

BDAG:
① to bring into an area, bring in
② to cause someone to enter into a certain event or condition

Pray that God will not bring our hearts inwardly into temptation. But when the Spirit leads us to a place of temptation externally for testing, pray that God will deliver us from evil.

See also Does God test/tempt people?.
 

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I always thought "lead us not into temtation" must mean "let us not be lead into", clarified by "deliver us from evil", so that rather than accusing God of wanting us to be tempted, we are letting Him know we do not desire to be, and need His protection to help us avoid succumbing to it.

In the case of Jesus in the wilderness, He was God Incarnate, therefore not like our sinful selves. The Saviour did not come to save Himself. :scratch:
 
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