Many commentaries pass quickly over this incident. As well, the passage shows how Jesus became more fully aware of his filial consciousness as the Son of God. The Pelican New Testament Commentaries. An early Christian heresy, still evident in some parts of the church today, claimed that Jesus was divine, but wasn't a real human being. Today, we may see this as no more than an overemphasis on Christ's divinity in contradiction to an easy humanizing of Jesus, the man of Galilee, and his ethical message.
Many traditionalists find it an extremely disturbing and narrow interpretation.
On the other hand, to minimize the humanity of Jesus is as heretical as overemphasis on his divinity.