Luke 4:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. ”

Luke 4:3 - 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 4:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. (2) Christ, being tempted by Satan, first to distrust in God, secondly to the desire of riches a...
Luke 4:3 - 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 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

unto . to. If Thou be , &c. Greek. ei, with Ind. App-118. Assuming the fact. Same word as in Luke 4:9 . not the same word as in Luke 4:7 . the Son of God . Referring to Luke 3:22 . App-...
Luke 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
Luke 4:3 - 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 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Temptation. Nazareth. Capernaum 1-13. The Temptation ( Matthew 4:1 ; Mark 1:12 ). See on Mt.
Luke 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

TEMPTED THROUGH THE BODY ‘And in those days He did eat nothing.… Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ Luke 4:2-4 I. Tempted through the body .—Each one of us has a...
Luke 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the devil said unto him ,.... Who now visibly appeared, and spoke unto him with an articulate voice: if thou be the Son of God ; as has been just now declared by a voice from heaven; or seeing...
Luke 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. Ver. 3. Command this stone ] "Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall b...
Luke 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 3,4. See Poole on " Matthew 4:3 " . See Poole on " Matthew 4:4 " . It is very observable, that Christ here asserts the authority of the Scriptures; and though he was full of the Holy Ghost, ye...
Luke 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - 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 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in these days He did eat nothing The temptation of Christ; A great part of the force and power of Christ’s example here is lost upon men, through the...
Luke 4:3 - 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 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Temptation of Christ. Luke 4:1-13 The first temptation:
Luke 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 3:22 ; Matthew 4:3
Luke 4:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Peter the Son and Servant Luke 4:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We well remember a stained, art-glass window in which the artist had depicted Peter floundering in the sea of Galilee and half drowned....

Luke 4:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 4:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 4:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 4:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 4:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 4:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 4:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary