Matthew 4:3

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 11:4-6; Psalms 78:17-20; Revelation 12:9-11; Revelation 2:10

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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 m...
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...
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 paren...
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...
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 S...
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 wa...
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 h...
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 actu...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

If tnou be ] Probably Satan expressed doubt in order to tempt Jesus to prove Himself the Son of God by a miracle. 4 . See prefatory remarks.
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 realis...
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 diff...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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...
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 d...
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, h...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘THE SON OF GOD’ ‘If Thou be the Son of God.’ Matthew 4:3 Our Lord at the baptism in Jordan had been conscious of new powers bestowed upon H...
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 a...
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 tem...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderne...
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...
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 no...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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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. He had just been baptized, the Spirit of God ha...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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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.

³ And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 4:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 4:3