Take the 2-minute tour ×  The only temptation I know of in the
bible concerning Jesus was when in the wilderness with the
devil. A friend used Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ as his
basis to claim Jesus was tempted by the devil (with the
appearance of a snake) while praying.  I kind of thought,
personally that it made sense to why he needed the disciples to
help him in prayer. He had to go back for the third time to pray
with sorrow and heaviness untill an angel came to strengthen
him.   Is it a mere spiritual reason to this claim that he was
strengthened by an angel from heaven as if in a struggle or
there are actual biblical references that support a spiritual
encounter with the devil? If there was an encounter, how and
why?  share|improve this question add comment  2 Answers  The
Bible does not definitively state whether or not Jesus was
tempted in the garden or not, so for us to be definitive where
the Bible is not must be speculative at best.  What we do know
is that Jesus was tempted during His life