In which the Son of God, newly baptised and revealed by heavenly witness, is led by the Spirit into the desert wilderness, there to meditate deeply upon his divine mission and to confront the subtle adversary freshly roused to oppose him. The scene is set with solemn discourse between the celestial powers and their infernal foes, unveiling the stakes of this spiritual conflict amidst the silent and shadowed solitude of the desert’s vast expanse.