Matthieu 4:7 BDS

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 4:1-25

"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens, He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodness at its highest He knows, and is; evil at its lowest He must face, and overcome. And so in the wilderness He stands as humanity's representative between the two, responding to the one and refusing the other. How gloriously He won the battle and bruised the head of the serpent. Every vulnerable... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 4:1-11

The Temptation (No. 2) Matthew 4:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. "THEN" the word holds our attention. "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." The word "then" carries with it a most suggestive meaning. (1) It carries us back to the baptismal scene. It shows the Saviour coming to John and requesting baptism. It reveals the voice of God, immediately after the baptism, as He proclaims, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." The baptism of the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 4:5-7

SIN AS A VOLUNTARY ACT‘Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city … Cast Thyself down: for it is written … Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’ Matthew 4:5-Judges : It is evident that ‘the tempter’ had no power to throw Christ down from the Temple, or to force Him to take the flight; but he plies his argument, and then says, ‘Cast Thyself down.’ I. Sin is voluntary.—There is no sin which is not voluntary. The circumstances, which connect... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:1-11

Analysis (4:1-11). a Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil, and when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered (Matthew 4:1-2). b And the Tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread” (Matthew 4:3). c But he answered and said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). b Then the devil... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:1-25

SECTION 2. THE BIRTH AND RISE OF JESUS THE MESSIAH (THE CHRIST) (1:18-4:25). In this section, following the introduction, Matthew reveals the greatness of Jesus the Christ. He will now describe the unique birth of Jesus, the homage paid to Him by important Gentiles, His exile and protection in Egypt followed by His subsequent bringing forth out of Egypt to reside in lowly Nazareth, His being drenched with the Holy Spirit as God’s beloved Son and Servant, His temptations in the wilderness which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:7

‘Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, You shall not make trial of the Lord your God.” ’ But Jesus again drew on the reserves of Scripture, this time found in Deuteronomy 6:16. His years of careful study of the Scriptures was standing Him in good stead. And He declared, “Again it is written, You shall not make trial of the Lord your God.” It was true that He had powers to use in God’s purposes and in God’s way, but not in order to make a trial of God. That could never be right. That would... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:1-11

Matthew 4:1-1 Kings : . The Temptation ( Mark 1:12 f.*, Luke 4:1-1 Chronicles : *).— Jesus’ sudden recognition of His Sonship or Messiah-ship and of the responsibility thus laid upon Him, found natural expression in His retirement into solitude. In the dreary wilderness of Judæ a (p. 31), which overhangs the north of the Dead Sea, He grapples with the problem of what is involved in being God’ s Son, of how the Messiah must do God’ s will. The narrative is taken (as in Lk.) from Q. There are... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:7

This is written Deuteronomy 6:16. To make an undue and unwarrantable trial of God, is to tempt God, whether the trial respecteth his power or his goodness; thus the word is used, Numbers 14:22; Psalms 78:18; Isaiah 7:12; Matthew 16:1. By this answer Christ lets the devil know that he abused Scripture in his quotation of it; such as casting of himself down, when he had a plain way to go down by the stairs, would not have been an act of faith, but presumption; not a trusting God upon his word,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 4:1-11

CRITICAL NOTESTHE TEMPTATION OF JESUS—GENERAL REMARKSThere is only one way of understanding the narrative, viz. as the history of a real occurrence, of an actual temptation of our Lord by the devil as a person. Such a history it is clearly the intention of the Evangelist to give; and the only difficulty which this interpretation has, peculiar to itself, is that it presupposes two things, which are also presupposed throughout the rest of Scripture: the possibility of the supernatural, and the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:1-11

Matthew 4:1-11 I. One cannot help thinking and wondering why this temptation should take place, and though all the reasons cannot be known, some of them we think we can see. We know there is a devil. Perhaps the most clever of all Satanic schemes is that in which he persuades men that he does not exist. What would suit a general better than to persuade the troops he is seeking to destroy that he is a mere creature of the imagination, that all the stories told about his being seen are mere... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 4:1-25

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 4:1-11

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 4:5-7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:1-11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:1-25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:1-11

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:7

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:1-11

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