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 his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: 11And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. 14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

Luke 4:12 word by word

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

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeringἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• It is saidἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• Thou shaltἐκπειράζωekpeirazō · to test/temptG1598
• notοὐou · noG3756
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754

Cross-references for Luke 4:12

• Deuteronomy 6:16Ye shall not tempt Yhwh your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
• Psalms 95:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
• Psalms 106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
• Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
• Matthew 4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
• 1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of 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
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Close
• Deliverance
• Gracious
• Keep
• Rebuke
• Temptation

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