He was correct.
The term is incorrectly used to often.
One does not try too tempt some one, one either does or does not tempt another; how the other reacts is a matter of rejecting the temptation of or succumbing to the temptation.
tempt
attempt to entice (someone) to do or acquire something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or not beneficial.
The past tense of tempt is tempted.
Satan tempted Jesus; Jesus refused to be enticed.
Yes Bob, now WE are indulging in semantics, quibbling over the strict usage of words..trying to find Biblical truths. Please remember, the language employed in the New Testament, was Koine Greek.
Koine Greek was the "language of the street" at the time, not the grammatically correct speech of diplomats or lawyers.
..But let's use the translated word, as we found it, the word, "tempt". You point out that one facet of the word, means to
attempt to entice, which is correct, so far as you went. However, the word "tempt" is a multi-faceted word.. Check Merriam~Webster.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tempt Now, look at article 2, section B... It says to "tempt", is "to
cause to be strongly inclined". Clearly, Satan was not successful in causing Jesus to sin.
I won't get into a p_ _ __ing match over semantics or punctuation, since I break those rules probably as often as anyone, but I believe my English "language of the street, usually makes things reasonably clear.
..And to me, you and I were observing two different facets of the same word.
