Verse 4
It is written = It standeth written. This is the Lord's first ministerial utterance; three times. Compare the last three (John 17:8 , John 17:14 , John 17:17 ). The appeal is not to the spoken voice (Matthew 3:17 ) but to the written Word. Quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3 . See App-107 and App-117 .
Man. Greek. anthropos. App-123 .
by = upon. Greek. epi. App-104 .
alone = only.
word = utterance. out of = by means of, or through. Greek. dia. App-104 .Matthew 4:1 . Note the connection of the "hunger" and the "forty" days here, and the same in Deuteronomy 8:3 .
God. See App-98 .
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