Now, this expression, “If thou be the Son,” is an indication of ignorance. For if thou hadst possessed real knowledge, thou wouldst have understood that the Creator can with equal ease both create what does not exist, and change that which already has a being. And thou temptedst by means of hunger1338
1338 Or, “the belly.”
Him who nourisheth all that require food. And thou temptedst the very “Lord of glory,”1339