1 Τότε ο Ιησούς εφέρθη υπό του Πνεύματος εις την έρημον διά να πειρασθή υπό του διαβόλου, 2 και νηστεύσας ημέρας τεσσαράκοντα και νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα, ύστερον επείνασε. 3 Και ελθών προς αυτόν ο πειράζων είπεν· Εάν ήσαι Υιός του Θεού, ειπέ να γείνωσιν άρτοι οι λίθοι ούτοι. 4 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπεν· Είναι γεγραμμένον, Με άρτον μόνον δεν θέλει ζήσει ο άνθρωπος, αλλά με πάντα λόγον εξερχόμενον διά στόματος Θεού. 5 Τότε παραλαμβάνει αυτόν ο διάβολος εις την αγίαν πόλιν και στήνει αυτόν επί το πτερύγιον του ιερού 6 και λέγει προς αυτόν, Εάν ήσαι Υιός του Θεού, ρίψον σεαυτόν κάτω· διότι είναι γεγραμμένον, Ότι θέλει προστάξει εις τους αγγέλους αυτού περί σου, και θέλουσι σε σηκώνει επί των χειρών αυτών, διά να μη προσκόψης προς λίθον τον πόδα σου. 7 Είπε προς αυτόν ο Ιησούς· Πάλιν είναι γεγραμμένον, δεν θέλεις πειράσει Κύριον τον Θεόν σου. 8 Πάλιν παραλαμβάνει αυτόν ο διάβολος εις όρος πολύ υψηλόν, και δεικνύει εις αυτόν πάντα τα βασίλεια του κόσμου και την δόξαν αυτών, 9 και λέγει προς αυτόν· Ταύτα πάντα θέλω σοι δώσει, εάν πεσών προσκυνήσης με. 10 Τότε ο Ιησούς λέγει προς αυτόν· Ύπαγε, Σατανά· διότι είναι γεγραμμένον, Κύριον τον Θεόν σου θέλεις προσκυνήσει και αυτόν μόνον θέλεις λατρεύσει. 11 Τότε αφίνει αυτόν ο διάβολος, και ιδού, άγγελοι προσήλθον και υπηρέτουν αυτόν. 12 Ακούσας δε ο Ιησούς ότι ο Ιωάννης παρεδόθη, ανεχώρησεν εις την Γαλιλαίαν. 13 Και αφήσας την Ναζαρέτ ήλθε και κατώκησεν εις Καπερναούμ την παραθαλασσίαν εν τοις ορίοις Ζαβουλών και Νεφθαλείμ. 14 Διά να πληρωθή το ρηθέν διά Ησαΐου του προφήτου λέγοντος· 15 Γη Ζαβουλών και γη Νεφθαλείμ, κατά την οδόν της θαλάσσης, πέραν του Ιορδάνου, Γαλιλαία των εθνών. 16 Ο λαός ο καθήμενος εν σκότει είδε φως μέγα, και εις τους καθημένους εν τόπω και σκιά θανάτου φως ανέτειλεν εις αυτούς. 17 Από τότε ήρχισεν ο Ιησούς να κηρύττη και να λέγη· Μετανοείτε διότι επλησίασεν η βασιλεία των ουρανών. 18 Περιπατών δε ο Ιησούς παρά την θάλασσαν της Γαλιλαίας, είδε δύο αδελφούς, Σίμωνα τον λεγόμενον Πέτρον και Ανδρέαν τον αδελφόν αυτού, ρίπτοντας δίκτυον εις την θάλασσαν· διότι ήσαν αλιείς· 19 και λέγει προς αυτούς· Έλθετε οπίσω μου και θέλω σας κάμει αλιείς ανθρώπων. 20 Οι δε αφήσαντες ευθύς τα δίκτυα, ηκολούθησαν αυτόν. 21 Και προχωρήσας εκείθεν είδεν άλλους δύο αδελφούς, Ιάκωβον τον του Ζεβεδαίου και Ιωάννην τον αδελφόν αυτού, εν τω πλοίω μετά Ζεβεδαίου του πατρός αυτών επισκευάζοντας τα δίκτυα αυτών, και εκάλεσεν αυτούς. 22 Οι δε αφήσαντες ευθύς το πλοίον και τον πατέρα αυτών, ηκολούθησαν αυτόν. 23 Και περιήρχετο ο Ιησούς όλην την Γαλιλαίαν, διδάσκων εν ταις συναγωγαίς αυτών και κηρύττων το ευαγγέλιον της βασιλείας και θεραπεύων πάσαν νόσον και πάσαν ασθένειαν μεταξύ του λαού. 24 Και διήλθεν η φήμη αυτού εις όλην την Συρίαν, και έφερον προς αυτόν πάντας τους κακώς έχοντας υπό διαφόρων νοσημάτων και βασάνων συνεχομένους και δαιμονιζομένους και σεληνιαζομένους και παραλυτικούς, και εθεράπευσεν αυτούς· 25 και ηκολούθησαν αυτόν όχλοι πολλοί από της Γαλιλαίας και Δεκαπόλεως και Ιεροσολύμων και Ιουδαίας και από πέραν του Ιορδάνου.
Matthew · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
James
A fisherman called by Jesus together with his brother John, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17
John
A fisherman called together with his brother James, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17
Zebedee
A fisherman in whose boat his sons James and John were mending nets when Jesus called them; they left him in the boat with the hired men.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 20:20; Mark 1:20
Places
Capernaum
A fishing and customs town on the Sea of Galilee where Jesus healed, taught, and called disciples. Its ruins include a 4th–5th c. synagogue built over an earlier one.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:13; Mark 2:1; Matthew 11:23
Sea of Galilee
This harp-shaped lake (~13 miles long) lies in the Jordan Rift Valley. Cool air dropping onto the warm water spawns sudden storms — the setting of several Gospel miracles.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:18; Mark 4:39; John 21:1
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 2:18; Luke 4:1–13; Mark 1:12–15; Hebrews 4:15–16; Romans 8:14
- 2 Deuteronomy 9:18; Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8; Luke 4:2; Deuteronomy 9:9
- 3 1 Thessalonians 3:5; Genesis 3:1–5; Numbers 11:4–6; Luke 22:31–32; Revelation 2:10
- 4 Deuteronomy 8:3; Luke 4:4; John 6:63; John 6:31–59; Romans 15:4
- 5 Luke 4:9; Revelation 11:2; Matthew 27:53; Isaiah 48:2; Nehemiah 11:1
- 6 Psalm 91:11–12; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 34:7; 2 Corinthians 11:14; Psalm 34:20
- 7 Deuteronomy 6:16; 1 Corinthians 10:9; Psalm 78:41; Psalm 78:18; Hebrews 3:9
- 8 1 John 2:15–16; Revelation 11:15; Psalm 49:16–17; Matthew 16:26; Luke 4:5–7
- 9 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 22:8–9; John 16:11; Revelation 19:10; Daniel 5:18–19
- 10 Deuteronomy 6:13–14; Deuteronomy 10:20; Joshua 24:14; Luke 4:8; 1 Samuel 7:3
- 11 Matthew 26:53; Luke 22:43; Hebrews 1:14; Revelation 5:11–12; Luke 4:13
- 12 Mark 1:14; Luke 3:20; Matthew 14:3; Luke 4:14; Mark 6:17
- 13 John 4:46; Mark 1:21; Matthew 11:23; John 6:24; John 6:59
- 14 Isaiah 9:1–2; Matthew 2:23; Luke 24:44; Matthew 12:17–21; Luke 22:37
- 15 Isaiah 9:1
- 16 Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 42:6–7; Luke 1:78–79; Isaiah 60:1–3; Micah 7:8
- 17 Matthew 3:2; Acts 2:38; Mark 1:14–15; Luke 5:32; Luke 24:47
- 18 John 1:40–42; Matthew 10:2; Mark 1:16–20; Luke 6:14; Luke 5:1–11
- 19 Mark 1:17–18; John 12:26; Matthew 16:24; Luke 9:59; John 1:43
- 20 Mark 10:28–31; Matthew 19:27; Luke 18:28–30; Psalm 119:60; 1 Kings 19:21
- 21 Mark 3:17; Mark 1:19–20; Matthew 10:2; John 21:2; Acts 12:2
- 22 Matthew 10:37; Luke 14:26; Deuteronomy 33:9–10; Luke 9:59–60; Mark 1:20
- 23 Matthew 9:35; Mark 1:39; Luke 7:22; Acts 10:38; Matthew 11:5
- 24 Matthew 17:15; Matthew 8:6; Matthew 12:22; Luke 5:15; Luke 2:2
- 25 Luke 6:17; Mark 5:20; Mark 7:31; Mark 3:7–8; Matthew 19:2
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Then. When? After the descent of the Spirit, after the voice that was borne from above, and said, "This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." And what was marvellous, it was of the Holy Spirit; for this, he here saith, led Him up.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For, when tempting Him, he said, "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." But the Lord repulsed him by the commandment of the law, saying, "It is written, Man doth not live by bread alone." As to those words [of His enemy,] "If thou be the Son of God," [the Lord] made no …
… two societies of angels,--the one enjoying God, the other swelling with pride; the one to whom it is said, "Praise ye Him, all His angels," the other whose prince says, "All these things will I give Thee if Thou wilt fall down and worship me;" the one blazing with the holy love of God, the other reeking with the unclean …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Thus, after He was an hungered, it is said, "The tempter came, and said unto Him, If Thou be Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." For, because he had heard a voice borne from above, and saying, "This is My beloved Son;" and had heard also John bearing so large witness concerning Him, and after that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
If the Master Himself followed the right time in due order, ought we, His servants, to venture out of order? From that time Jesus began to preach, when the Holy Spirit had descended upon Him in a bodily shape, like a dove; not that Jesus might see Him first, for He knew Him even before He came in a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)