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To: Forest Keeper

***Can you give an example of where the Evil One accurately quoted scripture?***

Then the devil took Him into the holy city; and he had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If you are the Son of God throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘He will give His angels charge concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.” - Matthew 4:5-6 ***


3,460 posted on 03/04/2008 7:42:20 AM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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FK: ***Can you give an example of where the Evil One accurately quoted scripture?***

Then the devil took Him into the holy city; and he had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If you are the Son of God throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘He will give His angels charge concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.” - Matthew 4:5-6 ***

The NAB link I found says this:

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple, 6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: 'He will command his angels concerning you and 'with their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone.'"

The reference is to Ps. 91:11-12. Here is the NAB:

11 For God commands the angels to guard you in all your ways. 12 With their hands they shall support you, lest you strike your foot against a stone. (emphasis added)

See the difference? satan left out "guard you in all your ways". This is a relevant omission. "Christ's ways" would be determined by God alone. They would not be the ways that satan was then suggesting. By leaving this part out, satan tried to make it look like God would protect Jesus no matter what He did. But that isn't what the source passage says. Theoretically, had Jesus fallen for the temptation and jumped, then no one would have protected Him because jumping was not "Christ's ways", that would have been "satan's ways". Therefore, I would say that satan materially misquoted the scriptures here. But of course, our Lord Jesus would have none of it.

3,663 posted on 03/08/2008 1:58:03 PM PST by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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