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Luke 4:11

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Bonaventure

On account of aid however in adversity, he adds: And that in their hands they shall bear you up, as bearers, according to how it is read that an Angel carried Habakkuk, in the last chapter of Daniel. Lest perhaps you strike your foot against a stone, that is, so that you might be harmed by no injury, as is said in Job five: "With the stones of the lands your covenant shall be, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with you." And note that the devil, being crafty, did not add what follows: "You shall walk upon the asp and the …

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 4 ↗