Luke 4:5

And Satan conducted him to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the land, in a little time.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

4Jesus replied, and said to him: It is written, Not by bread only, doth man live; but by every thing of God.

6And the Calumniator said to him: To thee will I give all this dominion, and the glory of it, which is committed to me, and to whom I please, I give it:

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Cross References

Matthew 24:14And this announcement of the kingdom shall be published in all the world, for a testimony to all nations: and then will come the consummation.

1 Corinthians 7:31and those occupied with this world, not going beyond the just using: for the fashion of this world is passing away.

2 Corinthians 4:17For the affliction of the present time, though very small and light, prepareth for us great glory, without end, for ever and ever;

Ephesians 6:12For our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with principalities, and with those in authority, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits that are beneath heaven.

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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