3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.



Ver. 3. Command this stone] "Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel," Pro_20:17. Compare this verse with Pro_20:9, and see how the devil usually tempteth by extremes, to make men offend either in defect or excess. Thus he tempted master Knox upon his death bed, if not to despair, then to presume that heaven should be his, for his zeal in the Scottish Reformation. (Perkins.)