matthew-4:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:4

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.Jesus' answer to temptation was, "It is written ... it is written ... and again, it is written!" Fortunate are the Lord's followers when they are able to meet every crucial test of life with a like response. This places the highest stamp of approval upon the Bible. It is simply unthinkable that the Christ of God would have relied upon a merely human and fallible... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:4

Matthew 4:4. But by every word, &c.— But by every thing which the mouth of God shall ordain. Prussian Testament. The original, to which our version is agreeable, is a Hebrew expression, taken from Deuteronomy 8:3. Whatever proceedeth out of the mouth, is the same as whatever God appoints or commands. Word is not in the Hebrew, but only in the LXX, whom the evangelist has here followed. Dr. Heylin is of opinion, that the diabolical temptation did not, perhaps could not begin, till after... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 4:4

4. But he answered and said, It is written— (Deuteronomy 8:3). Man shall not live by bread alone—more emphatically, as in the Greek, "Not by bread alone shall man live." but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God—Of all passages in Old Testament Scripture, none could have been pitched upon more apposite, perhaps not one so apposite, to our Lord's purpose. "The Lord . . . led thee (said Moses to Israel, at the close of their journeyings) these forty years in the wilderness, to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 4:1-11

3. Jesus’ temptation 4:1-11 (cf. Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)". . . Jesus’ testing in the wilderness of Judea is one of the most significant indicators of His uniqueness. In fact it may not be stretching the point to say that the very purpose of the temptation narratives is to underscore His uniqueness." [Note: Garlington, p. 285.] Jesus’ genealogy and virgin birth prove His legal human qualification as Israel’s King. His baptism was the occasion of His divine approval. His temptation... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 4:3-4

Satan attacked Jesus when He was vulnerable physically. The form of Satan’s question in the Greek text indicates that Satan was assuming that Jesus was the Son of God (Matthew 3:17) It is a first class conditional clause."The temptation, to have force, must be assumed as true. The devil knew it to be true. He accepts that fact as a working hypothesis in the temptation." [Note: Robertson, p. 1009.] This temptation was not to doubt that Jesus was God’s Son. It was to suggest that as the Son of... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 4:4

4:4 written, (f-7) Deuteronomy 8:3 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:1-25

The Temptation1-11. The temptation (Mark 1:12; Luke 4:1). The narrative, which can only have come from our Lord’s own lips, describes an actual historical fact, the great temptation which He underwent at the very beginning of His ministry. He was tempted at other times (Luke 4:13), perhaps at all times (Hebrews 2:18), during His earthly life, but the two great seasons of trial were now, and immediately before the Passion: Luke 22:42; Matthew 26:39. Our Lord records His experience in symbolical... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 4:4

(4) It is written.—The words of all the three answers to the Tempter come from two chapters of Deuteronomy, one of which (Deuteronomy 6:0) supplied one of the passages (6:4-9) for the phylacteries or frontlets worn by devout Jews. The fact is every way suggestive. A prominence was thus given to that portion of the book, which made it an essential part of the education of every Israelite. The words which our Lord now uses had, we must believe, been familiar to Him from His childhood, and He had... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Matthew 4:1-25

The Temptation of Jesus Matthew 4:0 Whether the devil appeared objectively to Christ or not, it was in the realm of spirit that the temptation took place. Mark even says that Jesus was led of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. This is at first a hard saying, but probably it only means that God wished His Son to meet the tempter at once and have it out once for all. Not that the devil would not try again, but the line for future conflict would be clearly defined. I. The... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:1-11

Chapter 5His Temptation - Matthew 4:1-11MUCH has been written on the possibility of temptation in the experience of a sinless Being. The difficulties which have been raised in this region are chiefly of a metaphysical kind, such as it is possible-for some minds, we might say inevitable-to raise at every point in that mysterious complexity which we call life. Without attempting to enter profoundly into the question, may not an appeal be made to our own experience? Do we not all know what it is... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 4:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 4:1-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 4:3-4

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 4:4

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:1-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 4:4

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Matthew 4:1-25

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:1-11

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