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Patristic Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 4:5-7

Pseudo-Chrysostom, on Matt 4:5

Matt 4:5 · Douay-Rheims
“Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,”
On this verse:
“From this first answer of Christ, the Devil could learn nothing certain whether He were God or man; he therefore betook him to another temptation, saying within himself; This man who is not sensible of the appetite of hunger, if not the Son of God, is yet a holy man; and such do attain strength not to be overcome by hunger; but when they have subdued every necessity of the flesh, they often fall by desire of empty glory. Therefore he began to tempt Him by this empty glory.”

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