If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down; Satan would have Jesus tempt God by a needless exposure of his life.
It is written; Psalms 91:11-12. The phrase, "in all thy ways," which is in the text quoted, meaning in the path of duty, Satan omitted, as if God would preserve a person from harm when out of the path of duty. This was a gross perversion of Scripture.
Verse Matthew 4:6. _CAST THYSELF DOWN_] Our Lord had repelled the first temptation by an act of confidence in the power and goodness of God; and now Satan solicits him to make trial of it. Through th...
AND SAITH UNTO HIM, IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD, CAST THYSELF DOWN - The temptation here was, that he should at once avail himself of the protection of a promise of safety made to him, and thus demonstr...
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...
HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE CONCERNING THEE. The devil can also quote Scripture and in, this instance appears in the guise of. very religious personage, but like many perverters of Scripture who p...
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...
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...
CAST THYSELF DOWN. An attempt upon His life. See App-23, and note on Matthew 23:16. IT IS WRITTEN. Satan can quote Scripture and garble it by _omitting_ the essential words "to keep Thee in all Thy wa...
_it is written_ Psalms 91:11-12. The words "to keep thee in all thy ways" are omitted in the text. The omission distorts the meaning of the original, which is that God will keep the righteous on their...
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....
ΒΆΛΕ ΣΕΑΥΤῸΝ ΚΆΤΩ. The depth was immense: Josephus speaking of the ‘Royal Porch’ (στοὰ βασιλική) says ‘if anyone looked down from the top of the battlements he would be giddy, while his sight could no...
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...
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...
ΒΆΛΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать, ΣΕΑΥΤΌΝ (G4572) _асс. refl. pron. 2 pers._ ΚΆΤΩ (G2736) _adv._ вниз, ΓΆΡ (G1063) тогда, поскольку (объяснительное значение), ΌΤ (G3754) используетс...
IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD— The Jews were undoubtedly right in thinking that the Messiah is spoken of by Daniel, Daniel 7:13. But they fell into a gross mistake, when, interpreting that passage literal...
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....
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou...
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...
4:6 written, (h-17) Psalms 91:11-12 ....
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...
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...
IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD. — In this case, as before, the temptation starts from the attestation of the character of Jesus as the Son of God. With this there is now joined an appeal to familiar and sa...
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...
_The Temptation_ (Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)....
_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...
βάλε σεαυτὸν κάτω : This suggestion strongly makes for the symbolic or parabolic nature of the whole representation. The mad proposal could hardly be a temptation to such an one as Jesus, or indeed to...
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...
Heretics, says St. Augustine, quote Scriptures, as the devil does here, in a wrong and forced sense; the Church cites them, like Jesus Christ, in their true sense, and to confute their falsehood. (Con...
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...
6._He will charge his angels concerning thee. _We must observe this malice of Satan, in misapplying a quotation of Scripture, for the purpose of rendering life deadly to Christ, and of converting brea...
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...
AND SAITH UNTO HIM, IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD,.... He addresses him after the same manner as before; if, or seeing, THOU ART THE SON OF GOD, show thyself to be so; give proof of thy sonship before al...
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in _their_ hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time tho...
_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...
a. and saith unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down. His attempt to produce distrust in God's ability to sustain life under unusual conditions having failed, Satan tries to plant the s...
Repulsed, but not routed, the devil seeks a new line of attack:...
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...
Before the devil had tempted our Lord to diffidence or distrust in God's providence, and the use of means not allowed by God to supply himself; here he tempts him to an unwarrantable presumption, and...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians from the very highest glory, to say to the Lord, "Cast thyself down from hence[47]...
Matthew 4:6 and G2532 said G3004 (G5719) Him G846 If G1487 are G1488 (G5748) Son G5207 God...
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...
‘And says to him, “If You are the Son of God, cast yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will give his angels charge concerning you,' and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest it happen that yo...
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 4:6. The devil takes the weapon with which he had been already overcome. He too, ‘can cite Scripture for his purpose.' But the result proves that Satan was but a surface reader, or rather a wi...
CAST THYSELF DOWN (βαλε σεαυτον κατω). The appeal to hurl himself down into the abyss below would intensify the nervous dread that most people feel at such a height. The devil urged presumptuous rel...
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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 4:5 I. Our Lord was carried from the wilderness to the holy city. Understand by this how all our circumstances in the world may be changed, and yet the tempter be with us still. Hundreds of me...
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._ What a change it seems from the descent of the Holy Spirit to being led up into the wilderness to be...
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...
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...
IF YOU ARE GOD'S SON. Again the taunt. Note the Devil can quote scripture too. Jesus had demonstrated his trust in God's word. The Devil asks him to go from the extreme of distrusting God, to reckless...
_Angels charge._ THE ANGELIC MINISTERS OF THE GOOD I. Commissioned by God. They are “His angels”-obey His behests, carry out His purpose. II. Exercised for the godly as individuals. God does not ove...
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
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
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...
2 Corinthians 11:14; Hebrews 1:14; Job 1:10; Job 5:23; Luke 4:9;...
In their hands [ε π ι]. On their hands (so Rev.) is more correct, and gives a different picture from the A. V. in : lifted on their hands, as on a litter or platform....
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...
In their hands — That is, with great care. Psalms 91:11....
(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...
Here we have observable, first, the sin which Satan tempts Christ unto; and next, the argument which he tempts him from. The sin tempted to, is the sin of self-murder; CAST THYSELF DOWN. Whence we l...