Luke 4:3

Luke 4:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
• New International Version (NIV)The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

Context of Luke 4:3

1But Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered. And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread. 4And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5And [the devil], leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.

Luke 4:3 word by word

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ διάβολος· εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰπὲ τῷ λίθῳ τούτῳ ἵνα γένηται ἄρτος.Read the interlinear

• devilδιάβολοςdiabolos · devilish/the DevilG1228
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• stoneλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
• becomeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740

Cross-references for Luke 4:3

• Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.
• Matthew 4:3And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.

Commentaries on Luke 4:3

• 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. 3If You are the Son of God: Both Israel and Adam are called God’s son (3:38; Exodus 4:22–23; Hosea 11:1). Jesus, the Son of God in the fullest sense, succeeded where Adam and Israel failed.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 4:3

• Hunger
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Satan
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Son of God
• Close
• Deliverance
• Gracious
• Keep
• Rebuke
• Temptation
• Antichrist

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