Matthew 4:6
and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: And on their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
7Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Cross References
Job 5:23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Psalms 34:20He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Matthew 4:4But 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.
2 Corinthians 11:14And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth 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 →