Matthew 4:3
Christ did not obey the devil so as to turn the stones into loaves, because that request was not for the devil’s benefit. He was not asking so that he might believe and become again the angel he once was — for he is unrepentant — but so that he might drag Christ into vain glory. Knowing this, the Savior did not obey him (Matthew 4:3).
Greek
Οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ διαβόλου ὥστε ποιῆσαι τοὺς λίθους ἄρτους, διότι οὐ πρὸς ὠφέλειαν αὐτοῦ ἦν· οὐ γὰρ ἵνα πιστεύσῃ καὶ γένηται ὡς πρότερον ἦν ἄγγελος τοῦτο 3 ᾐτεῖτο· ἀμετανόητος γάρ, ἀλλ' ἵνα εἰς κενοδοξίαν ἑλκύσῃ τὸν Χριστόν. ὅπερ εἰδὼς ὁ σωτὴρ οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν αὐτοῦ.
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Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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