Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 4:10
Get thee hence, Satan. As the tempter was revealed Jesus rebukes
him. The word, "Get thee hence", "begone", expresses abhorrence. The
adversary is called by name and bidden to depart. Then his reason is
added, in the words of Scripture, found in Deuteronomy 6:13.
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
This passage forbids every kind of religious adoration to any other
object than Jehovah, whether it be idols, false gods, popes, Virgin
Mary, saints, or angels. The three temptations had been met: three
times the tempter had been baffled, three times the victory had been
won. The first assault had been made through the door of appetite, "the
lust of the flesh"; the second through vain glory, "the lust of the
eyes"; the third through ambition, "the pride of life" (1 John 2:16).
All had appealed to Jesus to turn away from the pathway of self-denial
and suffering marked out for him. All had been met by the shield of
faith, and the tempter beaten back by the word of the Spirit.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 4:10
Matthew 16:23
Mark 1:13
Luke 4:1-13
Luke 5:10
James 4:7
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