the tempter] The devil, whose constant work it is to endeavour to draw men to sin, 1 Thess. 3. 5. If thou be the Son of God] The naturall Son of God, as was affirmed from heaven, chap. 3. 17. and taught by John Baptist, John 1:34. Or, a son of God: for the article is not in Greek; and the temptations, answers and scriptures alleadged, are such as may become us in the like temptations. command] Shew thy self to be God, by commanding this to be done: so Luke 4:3, command this stone that it be made bread, as Genesis 1:3. Or, say: that is, speak to God to turn these stones into bread. these stones] Luke 4:3, it is, this stone: as if Satan had appeared like a man, and pointed to some stone lying there before them. bread] Not flesh, or some other dainty thing, Numbers 11:4. Psal. 78. 18, 20. bread alone would serve to satisfie hunger.