Matthew 4:11
Douay-Rheims
Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him.
John Chrysostom (attributed)
The Devil, we may fairly suppose, did not depart in obedience to the command, but the Divine nature of Christ, and the Holy Spirit which was in Him drove him thence, and then the Devil left him. Which also serves for our consolation, to see that the Devil does not tempt the men of God so long as he wills, but so long as Christ suffers. And though He may suffer him to tempt for a short time, yet in the end He drives him away because of the weakness of our nature.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 4:8-11
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.