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Fig. 68. So-called Place of Temptation on Mt. Quarantine. (Phot. Bonfils.)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]: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
- ↑ 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
knew: to show that not alone in bread doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.” Jesus quoted the conclusion of this passage, and wished to say: “I suffer hunger willingly; and, as far as concerns My life, mere natural bread is not necessary for Me. God, by His word, can give other food (witness the manna), and His word is powerful enough to sustain man without any food at all.”
