Matthew 4
HALLMatthew 4:1
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Then was Jesus moved by the Spirit of God, to go aside into the wilderness; that he might there enter the combat with the great enemy of man’s salvation; that so he might begin this great office in many and strong temptations.
Matthew 4:4
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
It is not the very material substance of bread, that can or doth maintain the life of man; but the blessing of God, giving power to that bread to nourish: neither is Almighty God tied to the ordinary means of bread, as if without that he could not sustain man’s life; but he is able, by his infinite power, either to create new means, or to work without or against the means.
Matthew 4:5
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple.
Then Jesus, that he might give all advantage to the challenges of Satan, suffered himself to be led to Jerusalem, and to be set upon a high pinnacle of the temple.
Matthew 4:8
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.
And represented to his eye divers countries round about; and, withal, represented to his imagination all the kingdoms of the world, and the magnificence and glory thereof, setting them forth in all their pomp, and pleasure, and royalty. VOL. IV. K
Matthew 4:12
He departed into Galilee.
He departed into the upper Galilee, which was out of Herod’s dominions, called Galilee of the Gentiles. IV. 15, 16. Galilee of the Gentiles; The people which sat in darkness &c. See Isaiah ix. verses 1, 2.
Matthew 4:19
And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Follow me, and I will prefer you to a higher function: for, whereas now your trade is this toilsome fishing in the sea, I will advance you to that spiritual calling, wherein you shall take men instead of fishes; by the nets of wholesome doctrine, drawing them up out of the sea of the world, into the ship of my Church.