1706 | Matthew 4:5
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city j and had him stand on the high est point of the temple. 6“ If you are the Son of God,” he said,“ throw your self down. For it is writ ten:
“‘ He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ a” k
7 Jesus an swered him,“ It is also writ ten:‘ Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ b” l
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high moun tain and showed him all the king doms of the world and their splen dor. 9“ All this I will give you,” he said,“ if you will bow down and worship me.”
10 Jesus said to him,“ Away from me, Sa tan! m For it is writ ten:‘ Wor ship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’ c” n
11 Then the devil left him, and an gels came and at tended him. o
Jesus Begins to Preach 12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, p he withdrew to Galilee. q
13 Leaving Naz a reth, he went and lived in Ca per naum, r which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali— 14 to ful fill what was said through the prophet Isa iah:
15“ Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” d s
4:5 j Ne 11:1; Da 9:24; Mt 27:53
4:6 k Ps 91:11, 12 4:7 l Dt 6:16
4:10 m 1Ch 21:1 n Dt 6:13
4:11 o Mt 26:53; Lk 22:43; Heb 1:14
4:12 p Mt 14:3 q Mk 1:14
4:13 r Mk 1:21; Lk 4:23, 31; Jn 2:12; 4:46, 47
4:16 s Isa 9:1, 2; Lk 2:32
4:17 t Mt 3:2
4:18 u Mt 15:29; Mk 7:31; Jn 6:1 v Mt 16:17, 18
4:19 w Mk 10:21, 28, 52 4:21 x Mt 20:20
4:23 y Mk 1:39; Lk 4:15, 44 z Mt 9:35; 13:54;
Mk 1:21; Lk 4:15; Jn 6:59 a Mk 1:14 b Mt 3:2; Ac 20:25
c Mt 8:16; 15:30; Ac 10:38
17 From that time on Jesus be gan to preach,“ Re pent, for the king dom of heaven t has come near.”
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
4:18-22pp— Mk 1:16-20; Lk 5:2-11; Jn 1:35-42
18 As Jesus was walk ing be side the Sea of Gal i lee, u he saw two broth ers, Si mon called
Pe ter v and his brother An drew. They were cast ing a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19“ Come, fol low me,” w Jesus said,“ and I will send you out to fish for peo ple.” 20 At once they left their nets and fol lowed him.
21 Go ing on from there, he saw two other broth ers, James son of Zeb e dee and his brother John. x They were in a boat with their fa ther Zeb e dee, pre par ing their nets. Jesus called them, 22 and im me di ately they left the boat and their fa ther and fol lowed him.
Jesus Heals the Sick 23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, y teaching in their synagogues, z pro claim ing the good news a of the king dom, b and heal ing ev ery dis ease and sick ness among the peo ple. c 24 News
a 6 Psalm 91:11,12 b 7 Deut. 6:16 c 10 Deut. 6:13 d 16 Isaiah 9:1,2
4:5 – 7 The second temptation appeals to the desire to have one’ s life saved spectacularly. Satan quotes Scripture( Ps 91:11 – 12) but applies it in exactly the wrong context. Jesus again counters with the more relevant Scripture for this setting( Deut 6:16). One must never manipulate God by trying to force his hand. 4:8 – 10 The third temptation may occur in a vision( though no less real a test), since there are no places from which one can literally see“ all the kingdoms of the world”( v. 8). Worshiping Satan is by far the worst of his three demands since“ the Lord your God” alone( v. 10) should be adored( Deut 6:13). Jesus does claim authority over all the cosmos but cannot do so if he bypasses the cross. Scripture has already demonstrated this. He will rescue those who want salvation but not those implacably opposed to him. 4:11 Now that Christ has passed his tests, it is appropriate for the angels to minister to his needs.
4:12 in prison. For John’ s imprisonment, see 14:1 – 12. 4:13 Capernaum. A slightly larger town than Nazareth on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. The last preparatory event before Jesus’ public ministry is to relocate here. The location, along with the highway from Damascus to the Mediterranean Sea, makes Matthew recall another OT prophecy( Isa 9:1 – 2). 4:14 – 16 In the context of Isa 9:6, this is a fairly direct prediction that could be fulfilled only by a divine Messiah. 4:15 Galilee of the Gentiles. Since the eighth century BC, Galilee had often had proportionally more Gentile residents than Judea had( cf. Luke 1:79; 2:32). 4:17 Matthew summarizes Jesus’ message with the identical words he used in headlining John’ s( 3:2). But 11:16 – 19 notes key differences between the two. From that time on Jesus began to. Marks the end of the first major section of Matthew, just as it will begin the third and last major section( cf. 16:21). 4:18— 16:20 The Major Phase of Jesus’ Public Ministry. Here appear the highlights of Jesus’ public ministry, especially in Galilee. 4:18 – 25 Introduction to the Galilean Ministry. Calling his first disciples and announcing the arrival of God’ s kingdom via preaching, teaching, and healing set the stage for Jesus’ great sermon, beginning in ch. 5. 4:18 – 22 Two pairs of fishermen brothers are the first Jesus calls to follow him( see photos, pp. 1770, 1833). Rabbis typically selected disciples from among those who wanted to learn from them. Jesus reverses this process. John 1:35 – 51 shows that some of his disciples had previous exposure to him. Matthew stresses the immediacy of their response to Jesus’ call. 4:18 Simon called Peter. See 16:18. 4:23 – 25 Jesus’ travels, along with the lands from which people came to see and hear him,