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Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Luke 4:8

Get thee behind me, Satan These words should here be omitted with א, B, D, L, &c., as having been added from Matthew 4:10. Similar words were used to Peter (Matthew 16:23).

Thou shalt worship … and him only The quotation is slightly altered from Deuteronomy 6:13, "Thou shalt fearthe Lord thy God, and serve Him." St Matthew has the same variation, this being one of his cyclicquotations (i. e. those common to him with other Evangelists). Since Satan had now revealed himself in his true character, there was no need for Jesus to tell him of another and a divine Kingdom over which he had no power. It was sufficient to reprove his impious blasphemy.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GET THEE, &c. But the devil did not do so yet. He left of his own accord (Luke 4:12) See App-116. Most of the texts omit this. IT IS WRITTEN, &c. In Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20, App-107. the...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Gospels Compared

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 5:9; 1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Kings 19:15; Deuteronomy 10:20;...

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

    Serve. See on chapter Luke 1:74....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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    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 6:13....

  • 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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