Luke 4:6

The devil [Accuser] said to him, “I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

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In The King James Version

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

In Context

5The devil [Accuser], leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

7If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:9Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world. + 12:31 (31-33) MP: Enmity between “Thy seed and her seed.” - Women have ovum, not seed as males, therefore this is a miraculous birth. (Gen 3:15b) Now the prince of this world + 12:31. MP: Messiah’s heels bruise the serpent’s head. The serpent retaliates, but is hurled down from power. (Gen 3:15a) will be cast out.

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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