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Luke 4:12

Thou shalt not tempt Rather, Thou shalt not utterly tempt, or tempt to the extreme. It is impious folly to put God to the testby thrusting ourselves into uncalled-for danger. The angels will only guard our perilous footsteps when we are walking in the path of duty. We cannot claim miracles when we courttemptations. The quotation is from Deuteronomy 6:16, and it is remarkable that the threequotations with which our Lord met the tempter are all taken from the 6th and 8th Chapter s of this book.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    LUKE 4:5-12 In order to bring Luke’s account of the Temptation into harmony with the sequence of temptations in Matthew ( Matthew 4:5-11), several Old Latin witnesses (itb, c, l, q, r1), at least one...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1. Luke 4:2 BEING FORTY DAYS TEMPTED - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4:1-13 _ 1. The Temptation in the Wilderness. (Luke 4:1 .)_ 2. The Devil Defeated. (Luke 4:13 .) Luke 4:1 What interests us most is the different order in which the three temptat...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TEMPTATION (Mark 11:21.*, Matthew 4:1 *). In the order of the episodes Lk. follows a geographical (rather than a psychological) sequence, putting the Jerusalem incident last. The other divergences...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE BATTLE WITH TEMPTATION (Luke 4:1-13)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Jesus came back from the Jordan full of the Holy Spirit. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, and for forty days he was tempted by the devil; and in those days he ate nothing, and when they w...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IS SAID. hath been said, &c. Deuteronomy 6:16....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΚΠΕΙΡΆΣΕΙΣ. If the compound be pressed it means ‘thou shalt not utterly tempt.’ It is impious folly to _put God to the test_ by thrusting ourselves into uncalled-for danger. The angels will only...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Luke 4:1-13. THE TEMPTATION...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 9. And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If you be the Son of God, cast yourself down from hence: 10. For it is written, He shall give his ange...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (dep.), см._ Luke 4:4. ΕΪΡΗΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΈΚΠΕΙΡΆΣΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΈΚΠΕΙΡΆΖΩ (G1598) искушать, испытывать, пытаться. Предл. соче...

  • 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 likewise be...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Victory of Jesus Over Temptation Scripture_ Luke 4:1-13 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness 2 during forty...

  • 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, and Mark 1:35. As observed on Matthew...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    8 "It is written" is the sword of the spirit, that destroys the insinuations of the Slanderer. And if he counters with a passage (for error is best supported by an appeal to Holy Writ), the only defen...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:12 Lord (d-15) 'Jehovah;' said, (g-9) Deuteronomy 6:16 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TEMPTATION. NAZARETH. CAPERNAUM 1-13. The Temptation (Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:12). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 JESUS AND THE DEVIL 4:1-13 V1-2 Jesus returned from the river Jordan. He was full of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit led him into the desert for 4...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IV. (1-13) BEING FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST. — See Notes on Matthew 4:1. The words used by St. Luke describe the same fact as those used by St. Matthew and St. Mark, and agree with the Spirit given “not...

  • 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 of...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    gives Christ's reply exactly as in Mt. The nature of this reply probably explains the inversion of the order of the second and third temptations in Lk. The evangelist judged it fitting that this shoul...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The Temptation_ (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13). Lk.'s account of the temptation resembles Mt.'s so closely as to suggest a common source. Yet there are points of difference of which a not improbable...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Third temptation_. Mt.'s second. Ἱερουσαλήμ, instead of Mt.'s ἁγίαν πόλιν. ἐντεῦθεν, added by Lk., helping to bring out the situation, suggesting the plunge down from the giddy height....

  • 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; and no...

  • 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 rev...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13. Matthew says that _“He was led by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.”_ Mark says: “The Spirit immediately impels Him away...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    FOURTH NARRATIVE: THE TEMPTATION, LUKE 4:1-13. Every free creature, endowed with various faculties, must pass through a conflict, in which it decides either to use them for its own gratification, or t...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    4 _th. Luke 4:9-12_. Third Temptation. This trial belongs to a higher sphere than that of physical or political life. It is of a purely religious character, and touches the deepest and most sacred re...

  • 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 w...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...

  • 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 I. THIS TEMPTATION...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The unknown Son of God on earth, Jesus, is led (chapter 4) into the wilderness by the Holy Ghost, with whom He had been sealed, to undergo the temptation of the enemy, beneath which Adam fell. But Jes...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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." The sec...

  • 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 _"_...

  • 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. _The devil taketh him up into a high mountain_, &c. This temptation, which stands...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Christ's fasting and temptation in the desert. Matthew 4:1-11....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND JESUS, ANSWERING, SAID UNTO HIM, IT IS SAID, THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT THE LORD, THY GOD....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The third temptation:...

  • Leslie 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 1:12 it...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-13 Christ's being led into the wilderness gave an advantage to the tempter; for there he was alone, none were with him by whose prayers and advice he might be helped in the hour of temptation. He w...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 4:9...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 4:12 And G2532 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) him G846 said G3754...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Jesus answering said to him, “It is said, You shall not put to the test the Lord your God.” ' Jesus reply was unequivocal. ‘You shall not put to the test the Lord your God' (compare Deuteronomy 6...

  • 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 about it...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    THE TEMPTATION. See on Matthew 14:1-11. The _second_ temptation in Matthew's account is placed last by Luke. The order of Matthew is correct, because Matthew uses _phrases_ (Luke 4:5; Luke 4:8) which...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    IT IS SAID (ειρητα). Perfect passive indicative, stands said, a favourite way of quoting Scripture in the N.T. In Matthew 4:7 we have the usual "it is written" (γεγραπτα). Here Jesus quotes Deuteron...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Luke 4:1 "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 taught that...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 tempted....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth. Casting of demons out of man at Capernaum. Healing of Peter's wife's mother and others. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Satan, Josep...

  • 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 renovated...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 4:9 The next temptation takes place on the PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, the southeastern corner of the Temple Mount, overlooking the Kidron Valley (see note on Matt. 4:5). “He will...

  • The Gospels Compared

    SATAN TEMPS JESUS IN THE DESERT MATTHEW 4:1-11; MARK 1:12-13; LUKE 4:1-13; MATTHEW 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness t

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 4 VER. 1. _And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan_, having been there baptized by John a little time before, and having _visibly_ received the Holy Spirit, whose fulness...

  • The 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 as the elem...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LUKE 4:1 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 least understood...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from Jordan (Luke 4:1), Now He was at Jordan where He was baptized by John, and He returned from Jordan. and was led by the Spirit into the wildernes...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 10:9; Deuteronomy 6:16; Hebrews 3:8; Hebrews 3:9;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    It is said. For Matthew's it is written, Matthew 4:7. Luke omits Matthew's again. See Matthew 4:7....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE TEMPTATION Luke 4:1 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 meaning of...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Deuteronomy 6:16....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    (CF. LUKE 4:5-12)—Is there a mistake in recording the wilderness temptation of Christ by Matthew or Luke? PROBLEM: According to both Matthew and Luke, the first temptation was to turn stones into brea...

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