Luke 4:3

And the devil said to him: If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

In Context

2and was there forty days, to be tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.

4And Jesus answered him, and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

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Cross References

Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended upon him, in a bodily form, like a dove; and there came a voice from heaven, which said: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I delight.

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:2-14

The Temptation in the Wilderness. 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 when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up… Read the whole commentary →

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