Luke 4:11 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 4:11

and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

KJV

And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

That is truly the devil's language, which seeks to cast down the soul of man from the high ground of its good deeds, while he shows at the same time both his weakness and malice, for he can injure no one that does not first cast himself down. For he who forsaking heavenly things pursues earthly, rushes as it were wilfully down the self-sought precipice of a falling life. As soon then as the devil perceived his dart blunted, he who had subdued all men to his own power, began to think he had to deal with more than man.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Bonaventure

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 4 (1257)

On account of aid however in adversity, he adds: And that in their hands they shall bear you up, as bearers, according to how it is read that an Angel carried Habakkuk, in the last chapter of Daniel. Lest perhaps you strike your foot against …

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐπὶ	epi	in	G1909 →
χειρῶν	cheirōn	[their] hands	G5495 →
ἀροῦσίν	arousin	will they bear	G142 →
σε,	se	You,	G4771 →
μήποτε	mēpote	otherwise	G3361 →G4218 →
προσκόψῃς	proskopsēs	You may strike	G4350 →
πρὸς	pros	against	G4314 →
λίθον	lithon	a stone	G3037 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πόδα	poda	foot	G4228 →
σου.¶	sou	of You.’	G4771 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 91:12
They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
leads to
- Psalms 37:24
  Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
- Proverbs 3:23
  Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
- Matthew 4:6
  “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that…
- Isaiah 63:9
  In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days…
- Isaiah 46:3
  “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.