Luke 4:3

3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

Luke 4:3 in Other Translations

3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

3 Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”

3 The Devil, playing on his hunger, gave the first test: "Since you're God's Son, command this stone to turn into a loaf of bread."

3 The Devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."

Luke 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:3

And the devil said unto him
Who now visibly appeared, and spoke unto him with an articulate voice:

if thou be the Son of God;
as has been just now declared by a voice from heaven; or seeing thou art in such a relation to God, and so equal to him, and possessed of all divine perfections, and among the rest, of almighty power; wherefore, since thou art hungry, and in a wilderness, where no food is to be had,

command this stone that it be made bread;
say but the word, and this stone, which he held out to him, or pointed at, as lying before them, or any one of the stones, which were in sight, for Matthew speaks of them in the plural number, will immediately be converted into bread, if he was what he was said to be: this he suggests might easily be effected by him, and he had no need to continue hungry.

Luke 4:3 In-Context

1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 4:3