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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Matthew 4:11 - 4:11
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Then the devil leaveth him - Luke says, “And when the devil had exhausted” - or “quite ended,” as in Luk 4:2 - “every (mode of) temptation, he departed from him till a season.” The definite “season” here indicated is expressly referred to by our Lord in Joh 14:30 and Luk 22:52, Luk 22:53.
and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him - or supplied Him with food, as the same expression means in Mar 1:31 and Luk 8:3. Thus did angels to Elijah (1Ki 19:5-8). Excellent critics think that they ministered, not food only, but supernatural support and cheer also. But this would be the natural effect rather than the direct object of the visit, which was plainly what we have expressed. And after having refused to claim the illegitimate ministration of angels in His behalf, oh, with what deep joy would He accept their services when sent, unasked, at the close of all this temptation, direct from Him whom He had so gloriously honored! What “angels’ food” would this repast be to Him! and as He partook of it, might not a Voice from heaven be heard again, by any who could read the Father’s mind, “Said I not well, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased?”