Matthew 4:5

Then the Devil takes him into the holy city, and sets him on the pinnacle of the temple,

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

In Context

4But he answering said: It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

6and says to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written: He will give his angels command concerning thee; And on their hands they will bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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Cross References

Luke 4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence.

Revelation 11:2And the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; because it was given to the Gentiles, and they will tread down the holy city forty-two months.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12

The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →

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