Matthew 4:5

Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,

English Majority Text (NT)

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 answered and said, “It is written, ‘ Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”

6and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: 1 ‘ He shall give His angels charge concerning you,’ and, 1 ‘ In their hands they will lift you up, 1 lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”

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Cross References

Luke 4:9Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

Revelation 11:2But leave out the outer court of the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. And they shall trample the holy city for 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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