Luke 4:5

And the devil taking him up into an exceeding high mountain, displayed before him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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 is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.”

6and the devil said unto him, I will give thee all this authority, and the glory of these; for to me it is delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I give it.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached through the whole world for a testimony to all the nations: and then shall come the final close.

1 Corinthians 7:31and they who use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

2 Corinthians 4:17For our momentary light affliction worketh for us a transcendently far more exceeding eternal weight of glory;

Ephesians 6:12For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions.

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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