And being in agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
The devil tempted Christ himself, and Christ pointed out the subtle director of the temptation. He later confirms this passage by his words to his apostles when he says, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” They were so tempted to desert their Lord because they had indulged in sleep instead of prayer. The phrase that balances and interprets “lead us not into temptation” is “but deliver us from evil.”
