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Satan said to Jesus, “If you are the Son of God, turn these rocks into bread so you can eat!”

This is direct quotation. It can also be stated as an indirect quotation: “Satan told Jesus that if he was the Son of God, he should turn these rocks into bread so he can eat!” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)

If you are the Son of God

Satan knew that Jesus was indeed the Son of God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

the Son of God

This is an important title for Jesus. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples)

turn these rocks into bread

This may also be translated as, “make these rocks become bread” or, “supernaturally change these rocks into bread.”

bread

This could be translated as, “food” for languages where bread is not a common food. In the Jews’ culture, bread was the main food. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)