Bible Strands
Luke 4:11
and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Satan speaks to Jesus in the wilderness, offering a quoted promise of angelic protection to provoke Him into demanding a sign. This occurs immediately after Satan cites Psalm 91:11-12 in Luke 4:10 and before Jesus responds in Luke 4:12.
The words — The Greek ἀροῦσίν (arousin) literally means “they will lift,” and προσκόψῃς (proskopsēs) means “you may strike.” These verbs frame the quoted assurance as a conditional guarantee of physical safety.
The thread — The passage directly echoes Psalm 91:12, which contains the identical hand-lifting and foot-striking imagery. Jesus later addresses this quoted promise in Luke 4:12 by rejecting the underlying premise.
Why it lands — The text states a promise of physical preservation before establishing that demanding such preservation violates trust in God. It requires readers to stop manipulating Scripture for personal validation and to accept divine timing without testing it.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Cross-references
- Psalms 91:12 They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.