Matthew 4:1
Douay-Rheims
Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.
John Chrysostom (attributed)
The Devil comes against men to tempt them, but since He could not come against Christ, therefore Christ came against the Devil.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 4:1-2
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.