Luke 4:12

Luke 4:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

Context of Luke 4:12

10for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee to keep thee; 11and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God. 13And the devil, having completed every temptation, departed from him for a time. 14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and a rumour went out into the whole surrounding country about him;

Luke 4:12 word by word

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι εἴρηται· οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου.Read the interlinear

• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeringἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Luke 4:12

• Deuteronomy 6:16Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
• Psalms 95:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
• Psalms 106:14And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
• Malachi 3:15And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.
• Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.
• 1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.
• Hebrews 3:8harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

Commentaries on Luke 4:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-11. Luke 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 recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Matthew 4:2-3. He did eat nothing - He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting. Luke 4:13 Departed for a season…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Do not put the Lord your God to the test: In the wilderness, Israel constantly tested God’s faithfulness, but Jesus responded with complete trust in God.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 4:12

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Quotations and Allusions
• Satan
• Temple
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jesus
• Close
• Deliverance
• Gracious
• Keep
• Rebuke
• Temptation
• Antichrist
• Inspiration

Commentaries on Luke 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings