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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
How then doth Christ? He is not indignant, nor provoked, but with that extreme gentleness He reasons with him again from the Scriptures, saying, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God:" teaching us that we must overcome the devil, not by miracles, but by forbearance and long-suffering, and that we should do nothing at all for display and vainglory. But Christ, even when these things are said, doth not yet reveal Himself, but as man for a while discourses with him. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Christ calmly repels the devil, teaching us to defeat the demons with meekness.
Theodotus of Ancyra
And it is to tempt God, in any thing to expose one's self to danger without cause.
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
It is a part of sound doctrine, that when man has any other means, he should not tempt the Lord his God.
Jerome
Jesus said to him again: It is written: You shall not tempt the Lord your God. He breaks the false arrows of the devil's scriptures with the true shields of the scriptures. And it should be noted that he presented only the necessary testimonies from Deuteronomy, to show the sacraments of the second law.
Gregory the Dialogist
When tempted by the devil, the Lord responded with the precepts of sacred Scripture, and he who could have plunged his tempter into the abyss by that Word which he was, did not display the power of his might, but gave only the precepts of divine Scripture, so that he might offer us an example of his patience, that whenever we suffer anything from wicked people, we might be stirred to teaching rather than to vengeance.
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