Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 4].
down and worship), a recognition of authority rather than of
personal merit. {It shall all be thine} (\estai sou p•sa\). Satan
offers to turn over all the keys of world power to Jesus. It was
a tremendous grand-stand play, but Jesus saw at once that in that
case he would be the agent of Satan in the rule of the world by
bargain and graft instead of the Son of God by nature and world
ruler by conquest over Satan. The heart of Satan's program is
here laid bare. Jesus here rejected the Jewish idea of the
Messiah as an earthly ruler merely. "He rejects Satan as an ally,
and thereby has him as an implacable enemy" (Plummer.)
4:8 {Thou shalt worship} (\proskun•seis\). Satan used this verb
to Jesus who turns it against him by the quotation from De
6:13. Jesus clearly perceived that one could not worship both
Satan and God. He had to choose whom he would serve. Luke does
not give the words, "Get thee hence, Satan" (Mt 4:10), for he
has another temptation to narrate.
4:9 {Led him} (\•gagen\). Aorist active indicative of \ag•\. Mt
4:5 has \paralambanei\ (dramatic present). {The wing of the
temple} (\to pterugion tou hierou\). See on ¯Mt 4:5. It is not
easy to determine precisely what it was. {From hence}
(\enteuthen\). This Luke adds to the words in Matthew, which see.
{To guard thee} (\tou diaphulaxai se\). Not in Mt 4:6 quoted by
Satan from Ps 91:11,12. Satan does not misquote this Psalm, but
he misapplies it and makes it mean presumptuous reliance on God.
This compound verb is very old, but occurs here alone in the N.T.
and that from the LXX. Luke repeats \hoti\ (recitative \hoti\
after \gegraptai\, is written) after this part of the quotation.
4:12 {It is said} (\eir•tai\). Perfect passive indicative, stands
said, a favourite way of quoting Scripture in the N.T. In Mt
4:7 we have the usual "it is written" (\gegraptai\). Here Jesus
quotes De 6:16. Each time he uses Deuteronomy against the
devil. The LXX is quoted. It is the volitive future indicative
with \ouk\, a common prohibition. Jesus points out to the devil
that testing God is not trusting God (Plummer).
4:13 {Every temptation} (\panta peirasmon\). These three kinds
exhaust the avenues of approach (the appetites, the nerves, the
ambitions). Satan tried them all. They formed a cycle (Vincent).
Hence "he was in all points tempted like as we are" (Heb 4:15).
"The enemy tried all his weapons, and was at all points defeated"
(Plummer). Probably all during the forty days the devil tempted
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