Matthew 4:3 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 4:3

The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

KJV

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

(in Luc. c. iv. 3.) He begins with that which had once been the means of his victory, the palate; If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves. What means such a beginning as this, but that he knew that the Son of God was to come, yet believed not that He was come on account of His fleshly infirmity. His speech is in part that of an enquirer, in part that of a tempter; he professes to believe Him God, he strives to deceive Him as man.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Agur prays against poverty, not because it is an affliction and reproach, but because it is a temptation; lest I be poor, and steal. Those therefore who are reduced to straits, have need to double their guard; it is better to starve to death, than live and thrive by sin. [2.] Christ was lately declared to be the Son of God, and here the Devil tempts him to doubt of that;

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Devil is for nothing that is humbling, but ever thing that is assuming; and gains his point, if he can but bring men off from their dependence upon God, and possess them with an opinion of their self-sufficiency. (2.) See how this temptation was resisted and overcome. [1.] Christ refused to comply with it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And when the tempter came to him--Evidently we have here a new scene. he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread--rather, "loaves," answering to "stones" in the plural; whereas Luke, having said, "Command this stone," in the singular, adds, "that it be made bread," in the singular (Lu 4:3).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
προσελθὼν	proselthōn	having come	G4334 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
πειράζων	peirazōn	tempting	G3985 →
εἶπεν	eipen	he said	G2036 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to Him;	G846 →
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
υἱὸς	huios	Son	G5207 →
εἶ	ei	You are	G1510 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ,	theou	of God,	G2316 →
εἰπὲ	eipe	do speak	G2036 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
λίθοι	lithoi	stones	G3037 →
οὗτοι	houtoi	these	G3778 →
ἄρτοι	artoi	loaves of bread	G740 →
γένωνται.¶	genōntai	may become.	G1096 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
leads to
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Matthew 10:22
  You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Revelation 3:10–11
  Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the…
- Luke 21:16–19
  You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
- Mark 13:13
  You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Through
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in…
leads to
- James 1:13–14
  When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
- 2 Corinthians 2:11
  in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
- Ephesians 4:14
  Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.