Matthew 4:6 BSB — MannaFest

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 You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

KJV

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: 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

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 6.) And he set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.' If you are the Son of God. In all temptations, the devil does this in order to see if you are the Son of God; but the Lord responds in such a way as to leave him in doubt. Send yourself downward.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He was also right in applying it to Christ, for to him all the promises of the protection of the saints primarily and eminently belong, and to them, in and through him. That promise, that not a bone of theirs shall be broken ( Ps. xxxiv. 20 ), was fulfilled in Christ, John xix.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Cast thyself down - Our Lord had repelled the first temptation by an act of confidence in the power and goodness of God; and now Satan solicits him to make trial of it. Through the unparalleled subtlety of Satan, the very means we make use of to repel one temptation may he used by him as the groundwork of another. This method he often uses, in order to confound us in our confidence. He shall give his angels charge, etc. - This is a mutilated quotation of Psa 91:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands--rather, "on their hands." they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone--The quotation is, precisely as it stands in the Hebrew and the Septuagint, save that after the first clause the words, "to keep thee in all thy ways," are here omitted.

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Original language & word study

32 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
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 →
βάλε	bale	do throw	G906 →
σεαυτὸν	seauton	Yourself	G4771 →
κάτω·	katō	down;	G2736 →
γέγραπται	gegraptai	it has been written	G1125 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
τοῖς	tois	To the	G3588 →
ἀγγέλοις	angelois	angels	G32 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ἐντελεῖται	enteleitai	He will give orders	G1781 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
σοῦ,	sou	You,	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπὶ	epi	in	G1909 →
χειρῶν	cheirōn	[their] hands	G5495 →
ἀροῦσίν	arousin	will they bear up	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 →

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
Psalms 34:7
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
leads to
- Daniel 6:22
  My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 91:11
  For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- 2 Kings 19:35
  And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the…
- 2 Kings 6:17
  Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and…
Through
Hebrews 1:14
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
leads to
- Psalms 34:7
  The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
- Psalms 103:20–21
  Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Psalms 91:11–12
  For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.