Luke 4:5

And the Devil having brought Him up to a high mountain, showed to Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

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And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

In Context

4And Jesus answered him, saying, “It has been written, that, Not on bread only will man live, but on every saying of God.”

6and the Devil said to Him, “To You I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I give it;

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Cross References

Psalms 73:19How they have become a desolation as in a moment, || They have been ended—consumed from terrors.

Matthew 24:14and this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations, and then will the end arrive.

1 Corinthians 7:31and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for the [present] form of this world is passing away.

2 Corinthians 4:17for the momentary light matter of our tribulation works out for us more and more an exceedingly continuous weight of glory—

Ephesians 6:12because our wrestling is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual [forces] of evil in the heavenly [places];

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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