And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Gill's Exposition
And the devil said unto him,.... Who now visibly appeared, and spoke unto him with an articulate voice:
if thou be the Son of God; as has been just now declared by a voice from heaven; or seeing…
On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Mat 4:1-11. Luk 4:2 Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are…
The last words of the foregoing chapter, that Jesus was the Son of Adam, bespeak him to be the seed of the woman; being so, we have here, according to the promise, breaking the serpent's head,…
Cambridge Bible
If thou be the Son of God Doubtless an allusion to the divine Voice at His baptism (Luk 3:22). The same words were tauntingly addressed to our Lord on the Cross (Mat 27:40). The Greek strictlymeans…