Matthew 4:10
Matthew 4:10 | |
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Book | Gospel of Matthew |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 4:10 is the tenth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus has rebuffed two earlier temptations by Satan. The devil has thus transported Jesus to the top of a great mountain and offered him control of the world to Jesus if he agrees to worship him. In this verse, Jesus rejects this temptation.[1]
Content
In the Catholic Bible, the text states:
- At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written:
- ‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship,
- and him alone shall you serve.’”
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads:
- 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.
The English Standard Version translates the passage as:
- Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan!
- For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God
- and him only shall you serve.’”
The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:
- τότε λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς Ὕπαγε, Σατανᾶ·
- γέγραπται γάρ Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις
- καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.
For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 4:10
Analysis
In contrast with
Commentary from the Church Fathers
Pseudo-Chrysostom: With these words, He puts an end to the temptations of the Devil, that they should proceed no further.[6]
Jerome: The Devil and Peter are not, as many suppose, condemned to the same sentence. To Peter it is said, Get thee behind me, Satan; i. e. follow thou behind Me who art contrary to My will. But here it is, Go, Satan, and is not added ‘behind Me,’ that we may understand into the fire prepared for thee and thy angels.[6]
Saint Remigius: Other copies read, Get thee behind me; i. e. remember thee in what glory thou wast created, and into what misery thou hast fell.[6]
Pseudo-Chrysostom: Observe how Christ when Himself suffered wrong at the hands of the Devil, being tempted of him, saying, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, yet was not moved to chide the Devil. But now when the Devil usurps the honor of God, he is wroth, and drives him away, saying, Go thy way, Satan; that we may learn by His example to bear injuries to ourselves with magnanimity, but wrongs to God, to endure not so much as to hear; for to be patient under our wrongs is praiseworthy, to dissemble when God is wronged is impiety.[6]
Jerome: When the Devil says to the Saviour, If thou wilt fall and worship me, he is answered by the contrary declaration, that it more becomes him to worship Jesus as his Lord and God.[6]
References
- ^ France 2007, p. 134.
- ^ a b Allison 2007, p. 851.
- ^ Coogan 2007, p. 12 New Testament.
- ^ Keener 1999, p. 144.
- ^ France 2007, p. 135.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Catena Aurea: commentary on the four Gospels; collected out of the works of the Fathers. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Thomas Aquinas". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Sources
- Allison, Dale C. Jr. (2007). "57. Matthew". In ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ISBN 9780195288810.
- France, R.T. (2007). Bruce, Frederick Fyvie (ed.). The Gospel of Matthew. New international commentary on the New Testament. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802825018.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-3821-6.
- Phillips, John (2005). Exploring the Gospel of Matthew: An Expository Commentary. The John Phillips Commentary Series. Vol. 1 (reprint ed.). Kregel Academic. ISBN 9780825433924.
Preceded by Matthew 4:9 |
Gospel of Matthew Chapter 4 |
Succeeded by Matthew 4:11 |