6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. …
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We have here the story of a famous duel, fought hand to hand, between Michael and the dragon, the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, nay, the serpent himself; in which the seed of the woman suffers, being tempted , and so has his heel bruised; but the serpent is quite baffled in his temptations, and so has his head broken; and our Lord Jesus comes off a Conqueror, and so secures not on…
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