Lutwin painting of Adam commanding Satan to depart.

Date
1546
Type
Art
Source
Lutwin
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Lutwin: How the Devil Deceived Eve, early 14th century. Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, E 1546-C

Scribe/Publisher
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
People
Lutwin
Audience
Viewing Public
Transcription

Lutwin: How the Devil Deceived Eve, early 14th century. Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, E 1546-C

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BHR Staff Commentary

The Life of Adam and Eve tells of how Adam and Eve, following their transgression and expulsion from Eden, spent a specified number of days of penance standing in the Jordan River. During Eve’s penance, Satan appears as an angel of light to persuade her to leave the river prematurely. Stephen Robinson notes the significant warning that Adam had previously given her: “‘Take great care of thyself. Except thou seest me and all my tokens, depart not out of the water, nor trust in the words, which are said to thee, lest thou fall again into the snare.’ Thus, properly equipped, Eve does not succumb to Satan the second time, according to the Slavonic version" (Robinson, Stephen E. "The Book of Adam in Judaism and early Christianity." In The Man Adam, edited by Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet, 131-50. Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft, 1990, p. 142).

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