Luke 4:9

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down hence:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

8But Jesus replied, and said to him: It is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

10for it is written, He will give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

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Cross References

Matthew 4:5Then the Calumniator took him to the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple,

Luke 4:3And the Calumniator said to him: If thou art 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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