Luke 4:9

The devil took Jesus to Jerusalem, set him on the top of the Temple, and told him, “If you are the Son of God, then jump!

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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

8“It is written in Scripture, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve only him,’” Jesus replied.

10For it is written in Scripture, ‘He will order his angels to care for you,

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:4The front porch that ran across the width of the Temple was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He covered the inside of the porch with pure gold.

Matthew 4:5Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the top of the Temple.

Luke 4:3The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become 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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