Luke 4:3

4:3 The devil said to him, “If ¹  you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” ² 

Luke 4:13

4:13 So ³  when the devil ⁴  had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time. ⁵ 

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¹ tn This is a first class condition: “If (and let’s assume that you are) the Son of God…”

² tn Grk “say to this stone that it should become bread.”

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate a summary.

⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the devil) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “until a favorable time.”

sn Until a more opportune time. Though some have argued that the devil disappears until Luke 22:3, this is unlikely since the cosmic battle with Satan and all the evil angels is consistently mentioned throughout Luke (8:26-39; 11:14-23).