Gregory the Great, on Matt 4:3

“And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”

“(ubi sup.) So the Lord when tempted by the Devil answered only with precepts of Holy Writ, and He who could have drowned His tempter in the abyss, displayed not the might of His power; giving us an example, that when we suffer any thing at the hands of evil men, we should be stirred up to learning rather than to revenge.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.