Luke 4:3 And the devil said to him, If you be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. In excuse for some offence against the moral law, it was said to our great English moralist of the last century: "A man must live." "Sir," said Dr. Johnson, "I do not see the necessity." That was the Stoic form of the principle enunciated in our Lord's reply, but our Lord invests it with an infinitely higher character by expressing it in the gracious tones of the gospel. It was true in the highest sense that a man must live; but his life does not consist in the mere gratification of his bodily cravings, or even the natural desires of his mind and heart, or even in his life here. The essential life of his nature consists in his living and acting in harmony with the will of God. (H. Wace, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.WEB: The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." |
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