It is written. It standeth written. This is the Lord's first ministerial utterance; three times. Compare the last three (John 17:8; John 17:14; John 17:17). The appeal is not to the spoken voice (Matthew 3:17) but to the written Word. Quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3. See App-107 and App-117.
Man. Greek. anthropos. App-123.
by. upon. Greek. epi. App-104.
alone. only.
word. utterance. out of. by means of, or through. Greek. dia. App-104.Matthew 4:1. Note the connection of the "hunger" and the "forty" days here, and the same in Deuteronomy 8:3.
God. See App-98.