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12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.
12 And Jesus answering said to him -- `It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
12 And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.
12 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
12 And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
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Commentary on Luke 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
We left Christ newly baptized, and owned by a voice from heaven and the descent of the Holy Ghost upon him. Now, in this chapter, we have,
Luk 4:1-13
The last words of the foregoing chapter, that Jesus was the Son of Adam, bespeak him to be the seed of the woman; being so, we have here, according to the promise, breaking the serpent's head, baffling and foiling the devil in all his temptations, who by one temptation had baffled and foiled our first parents. Thus, in the beginning of the war, he made reprisals upon him, and conquered the conqueror.
In this story of Christ's temptation, observe,
Now,
Luk 4:14-30
After Christ had vanquished the evil spirit, he made it appear how much he was under the influence of the good Spirit; and, having defended himself against the devil's assaults, he now begins to act offensively, and to make those attacks upon him, by his preaching and miracles, which he could not resist or repel. Observe,
Luk 4:31-44
When Christ was expelled Nazareth, he came to Capernaum, another city of Galilee. The account we have in these verses of his preaching and miracles there we had before, Mk. 1:21, etc. Observe,
Observe,