Matthew 4:11 Then the devil leaves him, and, behold, angels came and ministered to him. Thus it may prove with us as with the oyster, which stops with a precious pearl the hole in its shell which was originally a disease; as with the broken limb, which having been set, may be stronger than if it never had been broken. It may fare with us as islanders of the Southern Ocean fancy that it fares with them; counting, as they do, that the strength and valour of the warrior whom they have slain in battle passes into themselves as their rightful inheritance. The strength which lay in the temptation has shifted its seat, and passed over into the man who has overcome the temptation. (R. C. Trench.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.WEB: Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him. |
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