Luke 4:9

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and he said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from hence.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

In Context

8And Jesus answering said to him: It is written: Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

10For it is written, that He hath given his angels charge over thee, that they keep thee.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:4And the porch in the front, which was extended in length according to the measure of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits: and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

Matthew 4:5Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,

Luke 4:3And the devil said to him: If thou be the Son of God, say to this stone that it be made bread.

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:2-14

The Temptation in the Wilderness. 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up… Read the whole commentary →

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