All these things will I give thee] He cometh not now like to a friend, to advise, as v. 3. or like a divine, to direct, as v. 6. but like a Monarch, to seduce our Saviour by great gifts. if thou wilt fall down] I ask but a small requitall of so great liberality, onely one act of submission, in acknowledgement that thou hast all these things from me. Here it appears why Satan begins not, as before, If thou be the Son of God: for he knew that Christ, if he thought himself the Son of God, would not worship him: and if he were not so, he might, peradventure, be willing to accept of Satans large offer.