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

1And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing: and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry. And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5And the devil, taking him up upon an high mountain, showed to him all the kingdoms of the 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

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• devilδιάβολοςdiabolos · devilish/the DevilG1228
• saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• artεἶei · you areG1488
• Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• thisτούτῳtoutō · to thisG5129
• stoneλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• madeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740

Cross-references for Luke 4:3

• Luke 3:22And the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
• Matthew 4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made 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