Matthew 4:6
and saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, “that he shall give his angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and placed him on a wing of the temple,
7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Cross References
Matthew 4:4But he answering said, It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
2 Corinthians 11:14And no marvel! For Satan himself is transformed 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 →