Reply Obj. 3: The disciples also, when, being hungry, they plucked the ears of corn on the Sabbath, are to be excused from transgressing the Law, since they were pressed by hunger: just as David did not transgress the Law when, through being compelled by hunger, he ate the loaves which it was not lawful for him to eat. _______________________
QUESTION 41
OF CHRIST'S TEMPTATION
(In Four Articles)
We have now to consider Christ's temptation, concerning which there are four points of inquiry:
(1) Whether it was becoming that Christ should be tempted?
(2) Of the place;
(3) Of the time;
(4) Of the mode and order of the temptation. _______________________
FIRST ARTICLE [III, Q. 41, Art. 1]
Whether It Was Becoming That Christ Should Be Tempted?