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Luke 4:12
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Luke 4:12
12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
12And Iesus answering, said vnto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
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Luke 4:12
Replying or responding; in the phrase “answering again,” contradicting or speaking back.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To try, test, put to the test.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
A title of authority applied here to God, Christ, or a male master or ruler, according to the verse.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study16¶ Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
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Open the full verse study9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
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Open the full verse study8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
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Open the full verse study15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
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Open the full verse study7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
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Open the full verse study14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
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Open the full verse study9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
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