Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:4
4. He answered Our Lord, like Eve, though with more constancy and better success, quotes God hath said. Our Saviour may not have known to whom he quoted Scripture; but as the devil dared not reveal his wicked character, Jesus won the argument. Man shall not live by bread alone Man’s whole life and nature are not sustained solely by material food. Bodily food may imperfectly sustain the body. But man has something nobler than stomach. He has a spirit, noble, God-given, immortal.... read more
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