The relevance of the Temptation to the Baptism of Jesus was that

• A.the Devil used the Temptation to make Christ prove His divinity as revealed in the Baptism
• B.Jesus' hunger during the Temptation disproved the claim , at Baptism, that God was pleased with him
• C.both were physical experiences of Jesus at the very beginning of his public ministry
• D.the same Spirit which fell on Jesus at Baptism also tempted him in the widerness
• E.The Spirit of God which fell in Jesus at Baptism left Him for a while, thus allowing the devil to tempt him