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Matthew 4:6

and said to him, If thou art God’s Son, send thee adown, [or If thou art the Son of God, send thee down]; for it is written, That to his angels he commanded of thee, and they shall take thee in (their) hands, lest peradventure thou hurt thy foot at a stone.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

In Context

5Then the fiend [or the devil] took him into the holy city, and setted him on the pinnacle of the temple,

7Again Jesus said to him, It is written, Thou shalt not tempt thy Lord God, [or Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God], (or Thou shalt not test the Lord thy God).

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Cross References

Job 5:23But thy covenant shall be with the stones of (the) earth, and (the) beasts of (the) earth shall be peaceable to thee. (And thou shalt make a covenant with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee.)

Psalms 34:20The Lord keepeth all the bones of them; one of those shall not be broken. (The Lord guardeth, or keepeth safe, all their bones; not one of them shall be broken.)

Matthew 4:4Which answered, and said to him, It is written, Not only in bread liveth man, but in each word that cometh forth of God’s mouth. [The which answering said to him, It is written, A man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word that cometh forth from the mouth of God.]

2 Corinthians 11:14And no wonder, for Satan himself transfigureth him (self) into an angel of light. (And no wonder, for Satan himself 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 →

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