would he even have tried to?
My opinion no and no.
From Watchtower website:
These astrologers have followed a star from the east and are bearing gifts for "the one born king of the Jews." (Matthew
2:2) But the star does not lead them to Bethlehem. It draws them to Jerusalem and to Herod the Great. No man in the
world holds such means and motive to harm young Jesus. This ambitious, murderous man had killed several of his own
immediate family members whom he viewed as threats.* Disturbed to hear of the birth of a future "king of the Jews," he
dispatches the astrologers to find that One in Bethlehem. As they go, something strange happens. The "star" that led
them to travel to Jerusalem seems to move!—Matthew 2:1-9.
Now, whether this was an actual light in the sky or simply a vision, we do not know. But we do know that this "star" was not
from God. With sinister precision, it leads these pagan worshipers right to Jesus—a child vulnerable and helpless,
protected only by a poor carpenter and his wife. The astrologers, Herod's unwitting dupes, likely would have reported
back to the vengeful monarch, leading to the child's destruction. But God intervenes through a dream and sends them
back home by another route. The "star," then, must have been a device of God's enemy Satan, who would go to any
lengths to harm the Messiah. How ironic that the "star" and astrologers are portrayed in Nativity scenes as emissaries of
God!—Matthew 2:9-12.
Still, Satan does not give up. His pawn in the matter, King Herod, orders that all infants in Bethlehem under two years of
age be killed. But Satan cannot win a battle against Jehovah. Matthew notes that God had long ago foreseen even this
vicious slaughter of innocent children. Jehovah countered Satan again, warning Joseph through an angel to flee to Egypt
for safety.
John 19:10-11
"Do you refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said. "Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?" Jesus
answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.
John 10:17
The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it
down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my
Father."
Mathew 4:5
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6"If you are the Son of God,"
he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written:
" 'He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
John 14:30
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me,
Mark 8:31
He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders,
chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. "Get behind me, Satan!" he said. "You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."
No, Satan did not try to kill Jesus. Satan would have loved to keep Jesus alive, maybe have him as a new recruit.
Why was Christ born? Christ was born in order to save men and women from their sins by dieing for them.
Why would Satan want to help the process?
What was Jesus really going through in the garden...how much he was dealing with....it wasn't just the dying. Jesus saw
the future he knew how people will kill in his name ect.. It was the turning point for the whole future. How through his death,
all things would change forever.
Just my opinion.