Luke 4:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jesus answering said unto him,It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. ”

Luke 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-11 . Luke 4:2 Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations,...
Luke 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Temptation ( Mark 11:21 .*, Matthew 4:1-11 *). In the order of the episodes Lk. follows a geographical (rather than a psychological) sequence, putting the Jerusalem incident last. The other d...
Luke 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

is said . hath been said, &c. Deuteronomy 6:16 .
Luke 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Luke 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt not tempt, &c.— See on Matthew 4:7 . To tempt God, in the sense in which the phrase is here used, is, to make an improper trial of his power. The expression of our Saviour may lik...
Luke 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-25 , and Mark 1:35-39 . As obser...
Luke 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Temptation. Nazareth. Capernaum 1-13. The Temptation ( Matthew 4:1 ; Mark 1:12 ). See on Mt.
Luke 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (1-13) Being full of the Holy Ghost . — See Notes on Matthew 4:1-11 . The words used by St. Luke describe the same fact as those used by St. Matthew and St. Mark, and agree with the Spirit g...
Luke 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 THE TEMPTATION. THE waters of the Jordan do not more effectually divide the Holy Land than they bisect the Holy Life. The thirty years of Nazareth were quiet enough, amid the seclusions...
Luke 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Threefold Temptation Luke 4:1-13 As the waters of Jordan bisect the Holy Land, so does our Lord's baptism bisect His holy life. In that act He had identified Himself with the world's sin; a...
Luke 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As man Jesus was tempted. All the words with which He rebutted the attacks of Satan were quotations from the divine law for the government of human life. The exhaustive nature of the temptation is re...
Luke 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, (2) Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and...
Luke 4:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

TEMPTED THROUGH PRESUMPTION ‘And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple.… Jesus answering said … Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’ Luke 4:9-12 I. This te...
Luke 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jesus answering said unto him, it is said ,.... In Deuteronomy 6:16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God : in the text in Deuteronomy the words are, "ye shall not tempt the Lord your God."...
Luke 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Ver. 12. See Trapp on " Mat 4:7 "
Luke 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The devil said, If thou be the Son of God , &c. For an explanation of this whole paragraph, see notes on Matthew 4:3-10 . The devil taketh him up into a high mountain , &c. This temptation...
Luke 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (vs.1-13) The Father having pronounced His delight in His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus was led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. In Mark 1:...
Luke 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Temptation in the Wilderness. 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the...
Luke 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 4:9 "
Luke 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Goes Into The Wilderness To Prepare For His Life's Work and Is Tempted by the Devil (4:1-12). So as He contemplates His future ministry Jesus has to consider the way in which He will go abou...
Luke 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 4:1 . Full of the Holy Ghost .—Which had descended upon Him in full measure at His baptism. Led by the Spirit —Or, “in the Spirit” (cf. Luke 2:27 ); abiding in the Spirit a...
Luke 4:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 4:1-13 "Tempted like as we are.". The temptation, as is evident from the language employed, was in some way connected with the descent of the Holy Spirit upon our Lord; and we are thus taugh...
Luke 4:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 4:1 . And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness Вѕ «Full of the Holy Ghost» Вѕand then led «into the wilderness» to be tempte...
Luke 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:2 . Being tempted forty days he afterward hungered. During this space he lived like Moses on the mount, conversing with the Father in all the glories of his kingdom. His humanity was renova...
Luke 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 4:1-42 THE TEMPTATION . The consecration of our Lord in his baptism was immediately followed by what is known as his temptation. It is, perhaps, the most mysterious and...
Luke 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The third temptation:
Luke 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:9 ; Deuteronomy 6:16 ; Hebrews 3:8 ; Hebrews 3:9 ; Malachi 3:15 ; Matthew 4:7 ; Psalms 106:14 ; Psalms 95:9
Luke 4:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Temptation Luke 4:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Testing the tempter. At first thought this heading may seem impossible. Was the tempter the one whom the Lord was testing? Let us weigh the mea...
Luke 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 6:16 .

Luke 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 4:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 4:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 4:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 4:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes