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The Transfiguration of Jesus is a story meant to light hope in the reader nbsp Each of the Synoptics - today we look to Luke - nbsp wants to have his Gospel speak of this extraordinary event nbsp Indeed extraordinary for there is nothing like it anywhere in the rest of Jesus public life The

In Luke s Gospel Jesus undergoes three temptations these are the same temptations Matthew reports nbsp While Satan s words to Jesus are meaningful what makes most sense of the story are the three answers of Jesus indeed they help makes best sense of Satan s intentions nbsp Satan s first sug