Verse Matthew 4:7. _THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT_] To expose myself to any danger naturally destructive, with the vain presumption that God will protect and defend me from the ruinous consequences of my impru...
JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, IT IS WRITTEN AGAIN - Again the Saviour replied to Satan by a text of Scripture - a passage which expressly forbade an act like this. THOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD THY GOD - This...
4. THE TESTING OF THE KING AND HIS TESTIMONY. _ 1. The Testing by the Devil. (Matthew 4:1 .) 2. His Testimony and His Disciples. (Matthew 4:12 .) 3. The Powers of the Kingdom. (Matthew 4:23 .)_ CHAP...
THE TEMPTATION (Mark 1:12 f.*, Luke 4:1 *). Jesus'sudden recognition of His Sonship or Messiah-ship and of the responsibility thus laid upon Him, found natural expression in His retirement into solitu...
THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT THE LORD THY GOD. Again the Savior replies in the words of Scripture, this time quoting from Deuteronomy 6:16. There is no argument, but. simple reply that shows what is asked is...
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After he had deliberately gone without food for forty days and forty nights he was hungry. So the tempter came and said...
THE TESTING TIME (Matthew 4:1-11) Step by step Matthew unfolds the story of Jesus. He begins by showing us how Jesus was born into this world. He goes on to show us, at least by implication, that Jes...
THOU, &C. Quoted from Deuteronomy 6:16 (App-107. c). NOT. Greek. _ou._ See App-105. TEMPT. Note the words which follow: "as ye tempted Him in Massah".. reference to Exodus 17:7 shows that there it w...
Matthew 4:1-11. The Temptation of Jesus. Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13 St Mark's account is short; the various temptations are not specified; he adds the striking expression "he was with the wild beasts....
_Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God_ Deuteronomy 6:16. The verse ends "as ye tempted him in Massah." The reference to Massah (Numbers 20:7-12) shews the true meaning of the Saviour's answer. Moses...
THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13. St Mark’s account is short; the various temptations are not specified; he adds the striking expression ἦν μετὰ τῶν θηρίων. St Luke places the tempt...
ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΚΠΕΙΡΆΣΕΙΣ ΚΎΡΙΟΝ ΤῸΝ ΘΕΌΝ ΣΟΥ. Deuteronomy 6:16. The verse ends ‘as ye tempted him in Massah.’ The reference to Massah (Numbers 20:7-12) shows the true meaning of the Saviour’s answer. Moses an...
VER 5. THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO THE HOLY CITY, AND SETTETH HIM ON A PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, 6. AND SAITH UNTO HIM, "IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD, CAST THYSELF DOWN; FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'HE SHALL...
_JESUS WAS A TEMPTED SAVIOR MATTHEW 4:1-11:_ At this point Jesus began His preaching ministry as described in Isaiah 61:1. "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to...
IT IS WRITTEN AGAIN— Or _also_. So παλιν here elegantly signifies, in opposition to the quotation that the tempter had made, which was indeed very imperfect: but many, after St. Jerome, have observed,...
CHAPTER FOUR Section 7. JESUS IS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (Parallels: Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13) TEXT: 4:1-11 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2....
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, IT IS WRITTEN AGAIN () - q.d., 'True, it is so written, and on that promise I implicitly rely;...
16-17 Compare Joh_1:32-34. 16 As God's Spirit has no material form it is figured to us in various ways, which suggest its force and significance. It is usually presented as a blast of air, for this is...
4:7 written, (i-8) Deuteronomy 6:16 . Lord (k-14) 'Jehovah.' see ch. 1.20....
THE TEMPTATION 1-11. The temptation (Mark 1:12; Luke 4:1). The narrative, which can only have come from our Lord's own lips, describes an actual historical fact, the great temptation which He underwen...
SEE Deuteronomy 6:16. Deuteronomy was one of Jesus' favourite books. 8. See prefatory remarks. 10. See Deuteronomy 6:13, and Deuteronomy 10:20....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 THE DEVIL TESTS JESUS 4:1-11 V1 The *Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert. The devil tested Jesus while he was there. V2 For 40 d...
IT IS WRITTEN AGAIN. — The words are, as already stated, from the chapter that contains one of the passages written on the phylacteries, that were probably used by our Lord Himself. As the words stand...
CHAPTER 5 His Temptation - Matthew 4:1 MUCH has been written on the possibility of temptation in the experience of a sinless Being. The difficulties which have been raised in this region are chiefly...
_Second temptation_. τστε παραλαμ.… τοῦ ἱεροῦ : τότε has the force of “next,” and implies a closer order of sequence than Luke's καὶ (Matthew 4:5). παραλαμβάνει, historical present with dramatic effec...
_The Temptation_ (Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)....
TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL Matthew 4:1-11 _Then_ marks the close connection between the heavenly voice of the baptism and the fiery ordeal of the forty days. Notice that temptation is not in itself sin; on...
"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens, He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodne...
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not (c) tempt the Lord thy God. (c) Literally, "Thou shalt not go on still in tempting....
THE TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13. Matthew says that _“He was led by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.”_ Mark says: “The Spirit immediately impels Him away...
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. The subject of CHRIST'S temptations, is a subject attended with much difficulty thoroughly to explain. One of the great ca...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_SIN AS A VOLUNTARY ACT_ ‘Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city … Cast Thyself down: for it is written … Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’ M...
7._It is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. _The reply of Christ is most appropriate. There is no other way, in which we have a right to expect the assistance promised in that passage, th...
Having thus, in grace, taken up His position as man on earth, He commences His earthly career, being led of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The righteous and holy man, the S...
JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, IT IS WRITTEN AGAIN,.... Christ takes no notice of the false and wrong citation of scripture made by the devil, nor of any misapplication of it; but mildly replies, by opposing a...
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Ver. 7. _Jesus answered and said, It is written again_] Christ rejects not the Holy Scriptures, although perversely al...
_Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city_ That is, the city Jerusalem, frequently called _the holy city_ in Scripture, see Nehemiah 11:1; Isaiah 52:1; Daniel 9:24; and that with great propriet...
IT IS WRITTEN; DEUTERONOMY 6:16. THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT THE LORD; try his power, truth, and faithfulness in opposition to his revealed will....
This is implied in the answer of the Lord. Note that He does not even take the trouble of rebuking Satan for misquoting Scriptures: JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, IT IS WRITTEN AGAIN, THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT THE L...
There could be no doubt therefore that He would fulfil this virtual pledge to bear their sins on Calvary. Notice too that the Father approves Him in this unqualified way before His being tested by Sat...
1-11 Concerning Christ's temptation, observe, that directly after he was declared to be the Son of God, and the Saviour of the world, he was tempted; great privileges, and special tokens of Divine fa...
This is written DEUTERONOMY 6:16. To make an undue and unwarrantable trial of God, is to tempt God, whether the trial respecteth his power or his goodness; thus the word is used, Numbers 14:22 Psalms...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V Then in the Gospel, casting down the apostasy by means of these expressions, He did both overcome the strong man by His Father's voice, and He acknowledges the comman...
Matthew 4:7 Jesus G2424 said G5346 (G5713) him G846 written G1125 (G5769) again G3825 shall G1598 not...
JESUS FACES UP TO HIS FUTURE IN THE WILDERNESS (4:1-11). The most momentous moment of His conscious life to date having taken place, Jesus will now have to face up to what it involves. For having bee...
‘Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, You shall not make trial of the Lord your God.” ' But Jesus again drew on the reserves of Scripture, this time found in Deuteronomy 6:16. His years of careful...
The threefold temptation by Satan; the threefold victory over Satan. He who came ‘to destroy the works of the devil,' triumphs over him in personal conflict. This was the Messiah's _trial_ and _probat...
SECOND TEMPTATION; Matthew 4:5-7. Luke mentions this last. The order here is probably exact; Matthew 4:5; Matthew 4:8, indicate an order of succession, which is not necessarily implied in Luke's accou...
Matthew 4:7. AGAIN IT IS WRITTEN. Not ‘written again.' In another place; Deuteronomy 6:16. Our Lord corrects the misinterpretation of poetic Scripture by citing a plain statement of the law. The origi...
THOU SHALL NOT TEMPT (ουκ εκπειρασεις). Jesus quotes Deuteronomy again (Deuteronomy 6:16) and shows that the devil has wholly misapplied God's promise of protection....
Matthew 4:7 I. In this temptation, as in the last, our Lord's situation is ours. Placed here to do God's work, we are assured, while in that work, of His gracious protection. No danger can assail the...
Matthew 4:5 I. It was a master-piece of Satan to take Christ to the Temple. There was the spot which God loved best in the whole earth, that He had fenced around with most special and jealous care. I...
Matthew 4:1 I. One cannot help thinking and wondering why this temptation should take place, and though all the reasons cannot be known, some of them we think we can see. We know there is a devil. Per...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil._ He had just been baptized, the Spirit of God had descended upon him, and the Father had borne witnes...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil._ What a change it seems from the descent of the Holy Spirit to being led up into the wilderness to be...
CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus' public ministry begun. Call of first disciples. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The Word of God is t...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit,_ υπο του πνευματος, the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek article, and declared in the verses preseding. _Led into the wilderness,_ where he was...
YOU MUST NOT PUT. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:16. No need for argument. What Satan asks is forbidden....
Not tempt the Lord thy God. I. The essential difference between faith and presumption. II. The possibilities of presumption. 1. When we undertake to settle questions which axe beyond our range. 2....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:1 Jesus the Messiah Begins to Advance the Messianic Kingdom. Jesus triumphs over the devil in the wilderness (vv. Matthew 4:1), proclaims the kingdom
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:6 FOR IT IS WRITTEN. Such a spectacular display as jumping from this great height unharmed (compare Psalms 91:1) might have gained Jesus an enth
SATAN TEMPS JESUS IN THE DESERT MATTHEW 4:1-11; MARK 1:12-13; LUKE 4:1-13; MATTHEW 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness t
CHAPTER 4 _By the devil_. Syriac, _by the accuser_, Gr. _διάβολος_, _accuser_, _calumniator_. For Satan is he who accuses men before God perpetually, that he may gain them for himself and Gehenna. _T...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS—GENERAL REMARKS _There is only one way of understanding the narrative_, viz. as the history of a real occurrence, of an actual temptation of our Lord by the d...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 4:1 THE TEMPTATION. The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of himself for the work of the kingdom does not exclude temptation, but rather necessitates it. Psychologica...
Chapter Four Then was Jesus led of the Spirit into the wilderness (Matthew 4:1) Immediately, He is now being led by the Spirit, walking after the Spirit. The New Testament has so much to say to us co...
1 Corinthians 10:9; Acts 5:9; Deuteronomy 6:16; Exodus 17:2; Exodus 17:7
Again [π α λ ι ν]. Emphatic, meaning on the other hand, with reference to Satan's it is written (ver. 6); as if he had said, "the promise which you quote most be explained by another passage of script...
THE TEMPTATION (NO. 2) Matthew 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. "THEN" the word holds our attention. "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." The word "then" c...
THE TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The temptation of Christ in the wilderness had no direct bearing upon our salvation, as we are saved by His Blood. However, the temptation did acclaim...
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God — By requiring farther evidence of what he hath already made sufficiently plain. Deuteronomy 6:16....
(CF. LUKE 4:5-12)—Is there a mistake in recording the wilderness temptation of Christ by Matthew or Luke? PROBLEM: According to both Matthew and Luke, the first temptation was to turn stones into brea...
Observe here, Though the devil had wrested and abused scripture, yet still Christ alleges scripture. The abuse of the holy scriptures by heretics and seducers is no argument against the use of them. W...