Friday, April 28, 2023

Satan Swearing an Oath with Jesus in the Wilderness in "The Dialogue between Jesus and the Devil"

In “The Dialogue Between Jesus and the Devil,” dated c. 7th-12th century, Satan, when he appears in the wilderness, “swears and oath” with Jesus:

 

1 When Jesus Christ, our Lord, came to the mountain with Peter, James, Andrew, and John, and the rest of his holy disciples, Jesus fasted forty days. The devil appeared before him and said to him, “I swear an oath with you in the name of mighty God, yes! that you tell me the entire truth. Where are you from?

 

Jesus said to him, I am from the eternal and immortal God. . . .  (E. Bonar and Slavomir Čéplö (trans.), “The Dialogue between Jesus and the Devil” (Greek text), in New Testament Apocrypha, ed. Tony Burke, 3 vols. [Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2023], 3:53)