Luc 4:3

3 Alors le diable lui dit: Si tu es le Fils de Dieu, commande à cette pierre qu'elle devienne du pain.

Luc 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:3

And the devil said unto him
Who now visibly appeared, and spoke unto him with an articulate voice:

if thou be the Son of God;
as has been just now declared by a voice from heaven; or seeing thou art in such a relation to God, and so equal to him, and possessed of all divine perfections, and among the rest, of almighty power; wherefore, since thou art hungry, and in a wilderness, where no food is to be had,

command this stone that it be made bread;
say but the word, and this stone, which he held out to him, or pointed at, as lying before them, or any one of the stones, which were in sight, for Matthew speaks of them in the plural number, will immediately be converted into bread, if he was what he was said to be: this he suggests might easily be effected by him, and he had no need to continue hungry.

Luc 4:3 In-Context

1 Jésus, rempli du Saint-Esprit, revint du Jourdain, et fut conduit par l'Esprit dans le désert,

2 Où il fut tenté par le diable pendant quarante jours, et il ne mangea rien durant ces jours-là; mais après qu'ils furent passés, il eut faim.

3 Alors le diable lui dit: Si tu es le Fils de Dieu, commande à cette pierre qu'elle devienne du pain.

4 Et Jésus lui répondit: Il est écrit: L'homme ne vivra pas seulement de pain, mais de toute parole de Dieu.

5 Ensuite le diable le mena sur une haute montagne, et lui fit voir en un moment tous les royaumes du monde;