In addition to the son of God theme which continues through the genealogy to Satan’s temptation of Jesus, we also see the issue of trusting God for provision. John tells the crowd that God can raise up sons of Abraham from the very stones, and that they should share in the face of crisis rather than horde and steal. Satan tells Jesus that he should turn stones into bread.

This emphasizes other points of continuity. Jesus is tempted to get the nations by worshiping Satan after John is imprisoned.