
Hilary of Poitiers
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 4
Mt 4, Verses 1–2English original
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the Devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hungred.
The Devil’s snares are chiefly spread for the sanctified, because a victory over the saints is more desired than over others.