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

“ And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. ”

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

The tempter - The devil, or Satan. See Matthew 4:1 . If thou be the Son of God - If thou art God’s own Son, then thou hast power to work a miracle, and here is a suitable opportunity to try...
Matthew 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Temptation ( Mark 1:12 f.*, Luke 4:1-13 *). Jesus'sudden recognition of His Sonship or Messiah-ship and of the responsibility thus laid upon Him, found natural expression in His retirement i...
Matthew 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

when... came, &c.= having approached Him and said. the tempter= he who was tempting Him. See App-116. came to Him : as to our first parents, Adam and Eve, App-119. he said. See App-116...
Matthew 4:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 4:3 . And when he, who tempteth, had approached to him. This name, ὁ πειράζων, the tempter, is given to Satan by the Spirit for the express purpose, that believers may be more ca...
Matthew 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. And when the tempter - This onset of Satan was made (speaking after the manner of men) j...
Matthew 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When the tempter came to him, he said, &c.— We may infer from Mark 1:13 that during the forty days which Jesus spent in the wilderness, he was exposed to several other temptations besides tho...
Matthew 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. And when the tempter came to him. Evidently we have here a new scene. He said...
Matthew 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

When the tempter came. — Nothing in the narrative suggests the idea of a bodily presence visible to the eye of sense, and all attempts so to realise it, whether as Milton has done in Paradise Rega...
Matthew 4:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 His Temptation - Matthew 4:1-11 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...
Matthew 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

"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. Goodn...
Matthew 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Matthew 4:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE ATTACK ON DIVINE SONSHIP ‘And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If Thou be the Son of God, command that th...
Matthew 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the tempter came to him ..... By "the tempter", is meant the devil, see 1 Thessalonians 3:5 so called, because it is his principal work and business, in which he employs himself, to solic...
Matthew 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Ver. 3. Then came unto him the tempter ] ο πειραζων. So called, because he politicly...
Matthew 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when the tempter came to him In a visible shape and appearance, to tempt him outwardly, as he had done inwardly before. For it appears from the account which Mark and Luke have given us of this...
Matthew 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 Sa...
Matthew 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had...
Matthew 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And when the tempter, viz. Satan, the devil, as he is called, came unto him, probably in some visible shape, he, forming an audible voice of the air, said, If thou be the Son of God, (not that...
Matthew 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Matthew 4:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 4:1-4 The record of our Lord's temptation, which is specially commended to our consideration in Lent, must needs be momentous, first, in its import for the comprehension of the spirit of H...
Matthew 4:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

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...
Matthew 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

If Thou be the Son of God. -His object is to shake Christ’s confidence in the Fatherly character of God. ( Dr. Macleod. ) Tempted to distrust the Divine Providence. ( Dr. Macleod ) As the devil...
Matthew 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 4:1-40 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...
Matthew 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the many and various assaults which the devil employed during the forty days, Matthew and also Luke mention three incidents which took place at the end of this period. Note that the chronological...
Matthew 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 3:5 ; Exodus 16:3 ; Genesis 25:29-34 ; Genesis 3:1-5 ; Hebrews 12:16 ; Job 1:9-12 ; Job 2:4-7 ; Luke 22:31 ; Luke 22:32 ; Luke 4:3 ; Luke 4:9 ; Matthew 3:17 ; Numbers 11:...
Matthew 4:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Temptation Matthew 4:1-11 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...
Matthew 4:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Coming to him — In a visible form; probably in a human shape, as one that desired to inquire farther into the evidences of his being the Messiah.

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

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

Matthew 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 4:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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

Matthew 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

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

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

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

Matthew 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

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

Matthew 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

Matthew 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 4:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

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

Matthew 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Matthew 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 4:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 4:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes