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Etheridge Translation

Luke 4:12

But Jeshu answered and said to him, It is spoken, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy Aloha.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Quotations and Allusions;   Satan;   Temple;   Temptation;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Satan;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Victory;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Heal, Health;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Worship of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Holy Spirit;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Luke, Gospel of;   Wilderness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Force;   Guide;   Logia;   Manliness;   Nationality;   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Popularity;   Pride (2);   Quotations (2);   Selfishness;   Septuagint;   Sign ;   Silence;   Stone;   Struggles of Soul;   Temptation;   Temptation ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Antichrist;   Inspiration;   Luke, the Gospel of;   Temptation of Christ;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And Jesus answered him, “It is said: Do not test the Lord your God.”
King James Version (1611)
And Iesus answering, said vnto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
King James Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
English Standard Version
And Jesus answered him, "It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
New American Standard Bible
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It has been stated, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"
New Century Version
Jesus answered, "But it also says in the Scriptures: ‘Do not test the Lord your God.'"
Amplified Bible
Jesus replied to him, "It is said [in Scripture], 'YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD [to prove Himself to you].'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"
Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus declared, "It also says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "The Scriptures also say, ‘Don't try to test the Lord your God!'"
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered him, "It also says, ‘ Do not put Adonai your God to the test .'"
Darby Translation
And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "But the Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iesus answered, and said vnto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
Good News Translation
But Jesus answered, "The scripture says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
Lexham English Bible
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, ‘You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.'"
Literal Translation
And answering, Jesus said to him, It has been said: "You shall not tempt the Lord your God." Deut. 6:16
American Standard Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
International Standard Version
Jesus answered him, "It has been said,Deuteronomy 6:16;">[xr] 'You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"Deuteronomy 6:16">[fn]
Murdock Translation
And Jesus replied and said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: It is sayde, Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God.
English Revised Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
World English Bible
Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Weymouth's New Testament
The reply of Jesus was, "It is said, `Thou shalt not put the Lord they God to the proof.'"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus answeride, and seide to him, It is seid, Thou schalt not tempte thi Lord God.
Update Bible Version
And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not make trial of the Lord your God.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus answering, said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
New English Translation
Jesus answered him, "It is said, ‘ You are not to put the Lord your God to the test .'"
New King James Version
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.' " Deuteronomy 6:16">[fn]
New Living Translation
Jesus responded, "The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.'"
New Life Bible
Jesus said to the devil, "It is written, ‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"
New Revised Standard
Jesus answered him, "It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jesus, answering, said to him - It is said: Thou shalt not put to the test the Lord thy God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Revised Standard Version
And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered and sayde to him it is sayd: thou shalt not tempte the Lorde thy God.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answering said to him -- `It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him: It is sayde: Thou shalt not tempte the LORDE thy God.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but Jesus replied, it is said, "thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
THE MESSAGE
"Yes," said Jesus, "and it's also written, ‘Don't you dare tempt the Lord your God.'"
Simplified Cowboy Version
But Jesus said, "The Good Book says, 'Don't try God.'"

Contextual Overview

1 BUT Jeshu, being full of the Spirit of Holiness, returned from the Jurdan, and the Spirit led him into the desert, 2 to be tempted forty days by the accuser. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were fulfilled, afterwards he hungered. 3 And the accuser said to him, If thou art the Son of Aloha, tell this stone to become bread. 4 Jeshu answered and said to him, It is written, It is not by bread alone that the son of man liveth, but by every word of Aloha. 5 And Satana carried him up into a high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the earth in a little time. 6 And the accuser [fn] said to him, To thee will I give all this power and the glory of it, which to me is delivered; and to whomsoever that I will, I give it unto him. 7 If therefore thou wilt worship before me, thine shall be all. 8 But Jeshu answered and said to him, It is written, That the Lord thy Aloha thou shalt worship, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he caused him to be at Urishlem, and to stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If thou art the Son of Aloha, throw thyself from hence beneath: 10 for it is written, His angels he shall charge concerning thee to keep thee,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou: Deuteronomy 6:16, Psalms 95:9, Psalms 106:14, Malachi 3:15, Matthew 4:7, 1 Corinthians 10:9, Hebrews 3:8, Hebrews 3:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:2 - wherefore Matthew 4:4 - It is

Cross-References

Romans 8:20
For the creation hath been subjected to vanity, not willingly, [fn] but on account of him who subjected her, upon the hope

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus answering said unto him, it is said,.... In Deuteronomy 6:16

Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God: in the text in Deuteronomy the words are, "ye shall not tempt the Lord your God." The second person plural, is here changed into the second person singular, to accommodate the words to Satan; whom Christ singly addresses, and makes answer to, and who was under this same general law as other rational creatures: and Jehovah may be called the Lord his God, as he is his creator and governor; by whom he is upheld in his being, and to whom he is subject, whether he will or not; though not his covenant God: and even if our Lord Jesus Christ is intended by the Lord God, as some think; he is God over all; over all principalities and powers, good and bad, by whom all are created, and in whom all consist; and whose power and authority over Satan and his angels, have abundantly appeared, in dispossessing devils out of men, sending them where he pleased, and in spoiling the powers of darkness, and in destroying him that had the power of death, the devil; and great insolence and wickedness it must be in a creature, to tempt the Lord his God, in any way, or form whatever; Deuteronomy 6:16- :

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-11.

Luke 4:2

Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Matthew 4:2-3.

He did eat nothing - He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting.

Luke 4:13

Departed for a season - For a time. From this it appears that our Saviour was “afterward” subjected to temptations by Satan, but no “particular” temptations are recorded after this. From John 14:30, it seems that the devil tried or tempted him in the agony in Gethsemane. Compare the notes at Hebrews 12:4. It is more than probable, also, that Satan did much to excite the Pharisees and Sadducees to endeavor to “entangle him,” and the priests and rulers to oppose him; yet out of all his temptations God delivered him; and so he will make a way to escape for “all” that are tempted, and will not suffer them to be tempted above that which they are able to bear, 1 Corinthians 10:13.

Luke 4:14

In the power of the Spirit - By the “influence” or direction of the Spirit.

A fame - A report. See Matthew 4:24.


 
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