Matthieu 4:7 BDS

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:5-7

Matthew 4:5-7 I. It was a master-piece of Satan to take Christ to the Temple. There was the spot which God loved best in the whole earth, that He had fenced around with most special and jealous care. It had been the scene of the most glorious manifestation of Jehovah. And because of all this Satan bore our Saviour thither. What spot so proud, of earth, on which to rear his trophy? II. The object of the second temptation was a proud and ambitious display of supernatural power. It was an act of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:7

Matthew 4:7 I. In this temptation, as in the last, our Lord's situation is ours. Placed here to do God's work, we are assured, while in that work, of His gracious protection. No danger can assail the servant of God of which he need be afraid. His bodily frame is in the gracious charge of His Heavenly Father, and much more his spirit that for which and by which his flesh lives, and from which it derives its aim and its dignity. Let the servant of God be found in His ways, and his ultimate safety... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:1-25

Chapter FourThen was Jesus led of the Spirit into the wilderness ( Matthew 4:1 )Immediately, He is now being led by the Spirit, walking after the Spirit. The New Testament has so much to say to us concerning the life of the Spirit and walking in the Spirit. There are so many people that put the emphasis upon the baptism of the Holy Spirit; where in reality, the emphasis should be upon the walk of the Spirit, not the gifts, not the phenomenon, not the excitement, not the manifestations. But the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 4:1-25

Matthew 4:1 . Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit, υπο του πνευματος , the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek article, and declared in the verses preseding. Led into the wilderness, where he was with the wild beasts. Mark 1:12-13. Here, like Moses on the mount, Exodus 24:0., the Saviour enjoyed abstraction from the world, and lived with the Father, without need of earthly food, as the saints shall live in heaven. Here also, as Moses received the law, so the Saviour received the new... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 4:7

Matthew 4:7Not tempt the Lord thy God. I. The essential difference between faith and presumption.II. The possibilities of presumption.1. When we undertake to settle questions which axe beyond our range.2. When we look for bodily health without obeying the laws of nature.3. When we expect sufficient means without sufficient labour and moderation in enjoyment.4. When we hope for admission into the kingdom of God, and postpone earnest application for entrance.5. When we expect steadfastness and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 4:7

7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Ver. 7. Jesus answered and said, It is written again ] Christ rejects not the Holy Scriptures, although perversely alleged and abused by Satan, but openeth them, by laying one place to another. So did those holy Levites in Nehemiah 8:7 , and St Paul in Acts 9:22 . συμβιβαζων , Collatis testimoniis demonstrans. Parallel texts, like glasses set one against another, cast a mutual light. And, as the lapidary... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 4:7

It: Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:10, Matthew 21:16, Matthew 21:42, Matthew 22:31, Matthew 22:32, Isaiah 8:20 Thou: Exodus 17:2, Exodus 17:7, Numbers 14:22, Deuteronomy 6:16, Psalms 78:18, Psalms 78:41, Psalms 78:56, Psalms 95:9, Psalms 106:14, Malachi 3:15, Acts 5:9, 1 Corinthians 10:9, Hebrews 3:9 Reciprocal: Psalms 17:4 - word Luke 4:12 - Thou Acts 15:10 - Why Ephesians 6:17 - which read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 4:7

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God — By requiring farther evidence of what he hath already made sufficiently plain. Deuteronomy 6:16. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

§ 17. TEMPTATION OF JESUS, Matthew 4:1-11 . For great missions the preparation is great trials. It was befitting that the newly inaugurated Prince of Light should come into a trial-contest with the prince of darkness. Our views of this transaction we present with sincere diffidence, giving often what appears to us as on the whole the best solutions, rather than dogmatic certainties. We can view this transaction neither as a mere train of thought, as a vision, as a parable, nor a myth; ... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:7

7. It is written again One text should limit, modify, and explain another. Promises are not to be wantonly presumed upon. They are to be interpreted in the spirit of the divine Promiser. The promise of God to keep us presumes that we soberly and truly desire to be kept. It would be well for those who maintain the infallible perseverance of all saints to ponder this point. They quote God’s promises to keep and preserve the converted man in every case, omitting to note that all such... read more