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Luke 4:10

“for it is written: He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,”

Luke 4:10 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Psalms 91:11-12

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The devil quotes the psalm with “to guard you,” but without “in all your ways.”

Formula: γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι “for it is written” (Luke 4:10)

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Greek of the New Testament: γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε καὶ ὅτι Ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה לָּךְ לִשְׁמָרְךָ בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ עַל כַּפַּיִם יִשָּׂאוּנְךָ פֶּן תִּגֹּף בָּאֶבֶן רַגְלֶךָ

Septuagint (Psalms 90:11-12 in the Septuagint numbering): ὅτι τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου· ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε. μή ποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 10 consecutive words: “ὅτι Τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Luke 4:10, word by word

it is writtenγέγραπταιgegraptai

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegraptai” appears
He will commandἐντελεῖταιenteleitai

command

Command, give orders.

Where else “enteleitai” appears
his angelsἀγγέλοιςangelois

angel

A messenger from heaven who serves God.

Where else “angelois” appears
to guardδιαφυλάξαιdiaphylaxai

guard, protect

Guard carefully, protect.

Where else “diaphylaxai” appears

Translation note

A quotation from Psalm 91:11-12.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

The temptations of Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11Mark 1:12-13

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Luke 4:1-13

1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and he was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he did not eat anything in those days, and when they were completed, he was hungry. 3And the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4And Jesus answered him, “It is written: A human being will not live on bread alone.” 5And leading him up, he showed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited world in a moment of time. 6And the devil said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been handed over to me, and to whomever I wish I give it. 7So if you bow down before me, it will be all yours.” 8And answering, Jesus said to him, “It is written: Before the Lord your God you will bow down, and him alone you will serve.” 9And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here; 10for it is written: He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you, 11and: On their hands they will carry you, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.” 12And answering, Jesus said to him, “It is said: You will not put the Lord your God to the test.” 13And when the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

Matthew 4:1-11

1Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tested by the devil. 2And after fasting forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry. 3And the one testing him came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4But he answered and said, “It is written, ‘A person will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out through the mouth of God.’” 5Then the devil takes him into the holy city and stood him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’” 7Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord your God.’” 8Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9and he said to him, “All these things I will give you, if you fall down and bow down before me.” 10Then Jesus says to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall bow down before the Lord your God, and him alone you shall serve.’” 11Then the devil leaves him, and look, angels came and were serving him.

Mark 1:12-13

12And at once the Spirit drives him out into the wilderness. 13And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the wild animals, and the angels were serving him.

Quotation · Psalms 91:11-12

The devil quotes the psalm with “to guard you,” but without “in all your ways.”

See them side by side

Luke 4:10

10for it is written: He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,

Psalms 91:11-12

11For his angels he will command concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

The context

9And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;

10 · This verse (above)

11and: On their hands they will carry you, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.”

Read all of Luke 4

To study Luke 4 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    How does Jesus answer the devil each time he is tempted in the wilderness? (vv. 3-13)

  2. 2. What it means

    In Nazareth Jesus reads from Isaiah and says, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled.” Why do his neighbors become angry afterward? (vv. 18-29)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Jesus came to bring good news to the poor and freedom to the oppressed. Who near you could you bring some of that to?

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