Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him. The angels who minister to Jesus after the temptation recall the angel who ministered to Elijah after his own wilderness collapse (1 Kings 19:5–8), but Jesus receives them from a position of victory rather than exhaustion. The devil departed — the same word used for the dismissal — and the ministry of the angels is the Father's provision of the sustenance that Jesus refused to manufacture for himself during the temptation. He did not turn stones to bread, and the Father provided bread through angels. The principle of Deuteronomy 8:3 is enacted: the one who trusts the Father's word receives the Father's provision. The wilderness is behind him; the ministry begins.

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