Luke 4:4 (BSB)
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
Commentary on Luke 4:4
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Luke 4:1-13: The last words of the foregoing chapter, that Jesus was the Son of Adam, bespeak him to be the seed of the woman; being so, we have here, according to the promise, breaking the serpent's head, baffling and foiling the devil in all his temptations, who by one temptation had baffled and foiled our first parents.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Luke 4:4: And Jesus answered him, saying, it is written,.... In Deu 8:3 that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God; suggesting hereby, that when it is the will of God, human nature may be maintained by the influence of divine power, without the use of ordinary means; and that bread itself, without a divine blessing, would not support life; and...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Luke 4:4: Verse 4. No entry from BARNES for this verse. (c) "It is written"
- William Burkitt (Anglican), Expository Notes on the New Testament on Luke 4:4: Note first, that though the devil abused scripture, yet Christ uses it. Good things are never the worse for being abused by Satan and his instruments. Note secondly, the weapon which our Saviour made use of to vanquish Satan; it was the word of God: It is written, says Christ.