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Matthew 4:4

Matthew 4:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

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but: That is, as Dr. Campbell renders, "by every thing which God is pleased to appoint;" for ρημα: strong:G4487, which generally signifies a word, is, by a Hebraism, here taken for a thing, like davar: in Hebrew.

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