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in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest, dash Thy foot against a stone.” Jesus said to him: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God.”
Then Satan took Him up into the holy city [1] and set Him on the pinnacle[2] of the Temple, and said: “If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down; for it is written: He hath given His angels charge of Thee[3], and perhaps, Thou “It is written[4]:
- ↑ The holy city. To Jerusalem.
- ↑ The pinnacle. On the outer wall of the Temple.
- ↑ Charge of Thee. Jesus having met his first temptation by a passage from Scripture, the devil in his turn quoted a passage from Ps. 90, 11, which contains a promise of God’s protection to His servant. Satan wished to say: “If you have such confidence in God as you say you have about your state of hunger, show this same confidence by casting yourself down hence, since He has expressly promised to give His angels charge over you.”
- ↑ Written. These words are taken from the last exhortation of Moses (Deut. 6, 16). They mean: “You ought not to put yourself into danger without necessity, trusting to miraculous help from God.” Thus was the Tempter answered a second time.
