And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Is transformed - rather, 'transforms himself' (cf. Job 1:6); habitually: the first occasion was in tempting Eve. So in tempting Jesus. "Himself" is emphatic: If their master himself, the 'prince of darkness,' the most alien to light, does so, it is less marvelous in his servants (Luke 22:53; Ephesians 6:12).