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Matthew 4:3 KJV
Matthew · chapter 4 · verse 3
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.Matthew 4:3 · King James Version
Matthew 4:3 in context
1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4But 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.
5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tempterpeirazōto try whether a thing can be done, to attempt, endeavour, to try, make trial of, test…G3985 →
- stoneslithosa stone, of small stones, of building stones, metaph. of ChristG3037 →
- cameproserchomaito come to, approach, draw near to, to assent toG4334 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- madeginomaito becomeG1096 →
- Sonyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
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We have here the story of a famous duel, fought hand to hand, between Michael and the dragon, the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, nay, the serpent himself; in which the seed of the woman suffers, being tempted, and so has his heel bruised;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11