Matthew 4:6
and saith to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, “He will give his angels charge concerning thee; and in their hands they will bear thee up, that thou mayst not dash thy foot against a stone.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then the Devil taketh him into the holy city, and setteth him on the pinnacle of the temple;
7Jesus said to him, Again it is written, “Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.”
Cross References
Job 5:23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
Psalms 34:20He guardeth all his bones; Not one of them shall be broken.
Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.”
2 Corinthians 11:14And no wonder; for even Satan transformeth himself into an angel of light.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12
The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →