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Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, `You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.`"
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Commentators observe that while Jesus reasoned against the first two temptations, He met this one with an immediate, forceful command: "Get thee hence, Satan!" This temptation was a direct assault on God's unique honor. The lesson is that some temptations are so openly wicked they should not be debated but rejected at once. As Matthew Henry notes, "the soul that deliberates is almost overcome."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Get thee hence. Our Savior met these temptations, and this one especially, with a decided rebuke. This was a bolder attack than any that h…
Get thee hence, Satan (Hυπαγε, Σατανα). The words "behind me" (οπισω μου) belong to Mt 16:23, not here. "Begone" Christ says to Sa…
19th Century
Anglican
Get thee hence, Satan.—Once more, the answer to the Tempter was found in the words of the Scriptures and the lessons of childhood. No evid…
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Baptist
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Satan offers the kingdoms of the world and their “splendor” without showing their sin. Jesus, however, came to remove sin. Here was a temptation to…
16th Century
Protestant
Depart, Satan. Instead of this, Luke has, Depart behind me, Satan. It is useless to speculate about the phrase, behind me,
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then saith Jesus to him, get thee hence, Satan . &c.] In (Luke 4:8) it is "get thee behind me": and so s…
Concerning Christ's temptation, observe that immediately after He was declared to be the Son of God and the Savior of the world, He was tempted. Gr…
13th Century
Catholic
It was shown above that Christ prepared Himself for teaching by receiving baptism; now, however, He prepares Himself by overcoming temptation. Abou…
