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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/luke/4.htm">New International Version</a> The devil said to him, &#8220If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/luke/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.” <a href="/esv/luke/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” <a href="/bsb/luke/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” <a href="/blb/luke/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, speak to this stone, that it should become bread." <a href="/kjv/luke/4.htm">King James Bible</a> And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. <a href="/nkjv/luke/4.htm">New King James Version</a> And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” <a href="/nasb_/luke/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” <a href="/nasb/luke/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> And the devil said to Him, &#8220If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/luke/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” <a href="/lsb/luke/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” <a href="/amp/luke/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to turn into bread.” <a href="/csb/luke/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” <a href="/hcsb/luke/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The Devil said to Him, &#8220If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.&#8221 <a href="/asv/luke/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the devil said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread. <a href="/cev/luke/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The devil said to Jesus, "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to turn into bread." <a href="/erv/luke/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the devil said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread. <a href="/gwt/luke/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread." <a href="/gnt/luke/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> The Devil said to him, "If you are God's Son, order this stone to turn into bread." <a href="/isv/luke/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> The devil told him, "Since you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread." <a href="/msb/luke/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The devil said to Him, ?If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.? <a href="/net/luke/4.htm">NET Bible</a> The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." <a href="/nheb/luke/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." <a href="/wbt/luke/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. <a href="/wey/luke/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Then the Devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become bread." <a href="/web/luke/4.htm">World English Bible</a> The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the Devil said to Him, “If You are [the] Son of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.” <a href="/blb/luke/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, speak to this stone, that it should become bread." <a href="/ylt/luke/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the Devil said to him, 'If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.' <a href="/slt/luke/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, say thou to this stone that it might be bread.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the devil said to him: If thou be the Son of God, say to this stone that it be made bread. <a href="/cpdv/luke/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone, so that it may be made into bread.” <a href="/nabre/luke/4.htm">New American Bible</a> The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” <a href="/nrsvce/luke/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the adversary said to him, If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And The Devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And the devil said to him: If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread. <a href="/godbey/luke/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And the devil said to Him, If thou art the Son of God, speak to this stone, in order that it may become bread. <a href="/haweis/luke/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become a loaf. <a href="/mace/luke/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> then the devil said to him; if you are the son of God, command this stone to become bread. <a href="/wey/luke/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Then the Devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become bread." <a href="/worrell/luke/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And the Devil said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, command this stone, that it become bread." <a href="/worsley/luke/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And the devil said to Him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone to become bread. <a href="/parallel/luke/4-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=1358" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/4.htm">The Temptation of Jesus</a> …2where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. 3<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/1228.htm" title="1228: diabolos (Adj-NMS) -- From diaballo; a traducer; specially, Satan.">devil</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: Eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">said</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to Him,</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: Ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">“If</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ei (V-PIA-2S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">You are</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huios (N-NMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">the Son</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God,</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipe (V-AMA-2S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">tell</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: toutō (DPro-DMS) -- This; he, she, it. ">this</a> <a href="/greek/3037.htm" title="3037: lithō (N-DMS) -- A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.">stone</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">to</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: genētai (V-ASM-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">become</a> <a href="/greek/740.htm" title="740: artos (N-NMS) -- Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.">bread.”</a> 4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/4-3.htm">Matthew 4:3</a> The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” <a href="/matthew/4-1.htm">Matthew 4:1-11</a> Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ... <a href="/mark/1-12.htm">Mark 1:12-13</a> At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, / and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him. <a href="/john/6-30.htm">John 6:30-31</a> So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do? / Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” <a href="/john/6-26.htm">John 6:26-27</a> Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. / Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.” <a href="/hebrews/2-18.htm">Hebrews 2:18</a> Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted. <a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a> For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. <a href="/1_john/3-8.htm">1 John 3:8</a> The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. <a href="/genesis/3-1.htm">Genesis 3:1-5</a> Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” / The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, / but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’” ... <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions. <a href="/exodus/16-15.htm">Exodus 16:15</a> When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a> He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. <a href="/psalms/78-18.htm">Psalm 78:18-20</a> They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. / They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? / When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?” <a href="/psalms/91-11.htm">Psalm 91:11-12</a> For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. / They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the devil said to him, If you be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.<a href="/luke/3-22.htm">Luke 3:22</a> And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.<a href="/matthew/4-3.htm">Matthew 4:3</a> And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/4-2.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/mark/14-22.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/mark/14-42.htm">Close</a> <a href="/mark/12-31.htm">Command</a> <a href="/luke/4-2.htm">Devil</a> <a href="/luke/4-2.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/matthew/25-42.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/luke/1-6.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/luke/1-64.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/mark/16-4.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/mark/11-16.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/luke/4-2.htm">Tempted</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/luke/4-4.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/luke/7-15.htm">Close</a> <a href="/luke/4-10.htm">Command</a> <a href="/luke/4-4.htm">Devil</a> <a href="/luke/4-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/luke/6-21.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/luke/4-10.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/luke/4-21.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/luke/4-4.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/luke/4-41.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Tempted</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 4</div>1. <a href="/luke/4-1.htm">The fasting and temptation of Jesus.</a> 14. <a href="/luke/4-14.htm">He begins to preach.</a> 16. <a href="/luke/4-16.htm">The people of Nazareth marvel at words, but seek to kill him.</a> 33. <a href="/luke/4-33.htm">He cures one possessed of a demon,</a> 38. <a href="/luke/4-38.htm">Peter's mother-in-law,</a> 40. <a href="/luke/4-40.htm">and various other sick persons.</a> 41. <a href="/luke/4-41.htm">The demons acknowledge Jesus, and are reproved for it.</a> 42. <a href="/luke/4-42.htm">He preaches through the cities of Galilee.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The devil said to Him This encounter occurs immediately after Jesus' baptism and His time in the wilderness, where He fasted for forty days. The devil, also known as Satan, is a fallen angel who opposes God and His purposes. This confrontation is significant as it mirrors the temptation of Adam and Eve in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>, highlighting the devil's role as the tempter. The wilderness setting is reminiscent of Israel's 40 years of testing in the desert, drawing a parallel between Jesus and Israel as God's chosen.“If You are the Son of God The phrase "If You are the Son of God" is a direct challenge to Jesus' identity and mission. At His baptism, God declared Jesus as His beloved Son (<a href="/luke/3-22.htm">Luke 3:22</a>). The devil's use of "if" is an attempt to sow doubt and provoke Jesus to prove His divine sonship. This temptation is similar to the serpent's questioning of God's word in the Garden of Eden. The title "Son of God" is messianic, affirming Jesus' divine nature and His role as the promised Savior.tell this stone to become bread.” This temptation targets Jesus' physical hunger after His prolonged fast, appealing to the natural human desire for sustenance. The act of turning stone into bread would demonstrate Jesus' divine power but would also signify a misuse of His abilities for personal gain, contrary to His mission of self-sacrifice and reliance on God. This echoes Israel's reliance on God for manna in the wilderness (Exodus 16), emphasizing trust in God's provision. Jesus' response, quoting <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a>, underscores the importance of spiritual nourishment over physical needs, aligning with His teaching that man does not live by bread alone.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is in the wilderness, having been led there by the Holy Spirit after His baptism. He is fasting for forty days and is being tempted by the devil. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_devil.htm">The Devil</a> The tempter in this passage, the devil approaches Jesus with a challenge to prove His divinity by turning stones into bread. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> A desolate place where Jesus is fasting and praying, symbolizing a place of testing and spiritual preparation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_temptation.htm">The Nature of Temptation</a> Temptation often comes when we are vulnerable, as seen in Jesus' physical hunger. We must be vigilant in our spiritual lives, especially during times of weakness. <a href="/topical/r/reliance_on_god's_word.htm">Reliance on God's Word</a> Jesus' response to temptation underscores the importance of knowing and relying on Scripture. We should immerse ourselves in God's Word to stand firm against the enemy's schemes. <a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a> The devil's challenge to Jesus' identity ("If You are the Son of God") reminds us to be secure in our identity as children of God, resisting the need to prove ourselves according to worldly standards. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vs._physical_needs.htm">Spiritual vs. Physical Needs</a> Jesus prioritizes spiritual sustenance over physical needs, teaching us to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, trusting that our physical needs will be met.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 4</a> <a href="/q/who_were_the_twelve_apostles_of_jesus.htm">Who were the Twelve Apostles of Jesus?</a> <a href="/q/who_were_joseph_and_mary_historically.htm">Who were Joseph and Mary in historical context?</a> <a href="/q/did_satan_show_jesus_all_kingdoms_instantly.htm">Did Satan literally show Jesus “all the kingdoms of the world” in an instant (Luke 4:5)? </a> <a href="/q/why_do_gospels_differ_on_tomb_visitors.htm">Why do different Gospel accounts have conflicting reports on who was at Jesus' tomb?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Command this stone.--The singular form is somewhat more vivid than the plural, "these stones," in St. Matthew.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. It has been quaintly said of the tempter "that he had sped so successfully to his own mind by a temptation about a matter of eating with the first Adam, that he practiced the old manner of his trading with the second." These diabolical promptings have been spoken of already in this Commentary as "typical." They represent, indeed, some of the principal temptations to which different classes of men and women in all ages are subject; the hard task of bread-winning, after all, suggests very many of the evil thoughts and imaginings to which men are subject, though, perhaps, they suspect it not. Weakened and exhausted by long abstinence from food, the temptation to supply his wants by this easy means at once was great. Still, had he consented to the tempter's suggestion, Jesus was aware that he would have broken the conditions of that human existence to which, in his deep love for us fallen beings, he had voluntarily consented and submitted himself. Should he, then, use his miraculous power for his own advantage? Then, re-membering his own late experience, the long fast from all human food, and yet life enduring through it all; calling to mind the miraculous supply of manna in the old desert days, the preservation of Elijah's life through a similar fast, - Jesus, all faint and weary, exclaims in reply, "Man shall not live by bread alone." <a href="/commentaries/luke/4-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>The ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. devil διάβολος (diabolos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1228.htm">Strong's 1228: </a> From diaballo; a traducer; specially, Satan. said Εἶπεν (Eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. to Him, αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “If Εἰ (Ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. You are εἶ (ei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. [the] Son Υἱὸς (Huios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. tell εἰπὲ (eipe) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. this τούτῳ (toutō) Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. stone λίθῳ (lithō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3037.htm">Strong's 3037: </a> A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone. to ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. become γένηται (genētai) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. bread.” ἄρτος (artos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_740.htm">Strong's 740: </a> Bread, a loaf, food. 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