The Life of Jesus

whereupon Herod added this to the rest: he locked up Yochanan in prison.

While all the people were being immersed, Yeshua too was immersed. As he was praying, heaven was opened;

the Ruach HaKodesh came down on him in physical form like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, whom I love; I am well pleased with you."

Yeshua was about thirty years old when he began his public ministry. It was supposed that he was a son of Yosef who was of Eli,

of Mattat, of Levi, of Malki, of Yannai, of Yosef,

of Mattityahu, of Amotz, of Nachum, of Hesli, of Naggai,

of Machat, of Mattityahu, of Shim`i, of Yosef, of Yodah,

of Yochanan, of Reisha, of Z'rubavel, of Sh'altiel, of Neri,

of Malki, of Addi, of Kosam, of Elmadan, of Er,

of Yeshua, of Eli`ezer, of Yoram, of Mattat, of Levi,

of Shim`on, of Y'hudah, of Yosef, of Yonam, of Elyakim,

of Mal'ah, of Manah, of Mattatah, of Natan, of David,

of Yishai, of `Oved, of Bo`az, of Salmon, of Nachshon,

of Amminadav, of Admin, of Arni, of Hetzron, of Peretz, of Y'hudah,

of Ya`akov, of Yitz'chak, of Avraham, of Terach, of Nachor,

of S'rug, of Re`u, of Peleg, of `Ever, of Shelah,

of Keinan, of Arpakhshad, of Shem, of Noach, of Lemekh,

of Metushelach, of Hanokh, of Yered, of Mahalal'el, of Keinan,

of Enosh, of Shet, of Adam, of God.

Then Yeshua, filled with the Ruach HaKodesh, returned from the Yarden and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

for forty days of testing by the Adversary. During that time he ate nothing, and afterwards he was hungry.

The Adversary said to him, "If you are the Son of God, order this stone to become bread."

Yeshua answered him, "The Tanakh says, `Man does not live on bread alone.'"

The Adversary took him up, showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world,

and said to him, "I will give you all this power and glory. It has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I choose.