KJV King James Version
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
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Matthew 4:5
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
WEB World English Bible
Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
ASV American Standard Version
Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Then doth the Devil take him to the holy city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
Surrounding context — Matthew 4
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΤότεG5119 · totethenπαραλαμβάνειG3880 · paralambanōto takeαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιάβολοςG1228 · diabolosdevilish/the DevilεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἁγίανG40 · hagiosholyπόλινG4172 · poliscityκαὶG2532 · kaiandἔστησενG2476 · histēmito standαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπτερύγιονG4419 · pterugionpinnacleτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἱεροῦG2411 · hierostemple
Cross-references
Luke 4:9And 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:Matthew 27:53And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.Revelation 11:2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.Isaiah 48:2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.John 19:11Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power [at all] against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.Daniel 9:16O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people [are become] a reproach to all [that are] about us.Nehemiah 11:18All the Levites in the holy city [were] two hundred fourscore and four.Nehemiah 11:1And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts [to dwell] in [other] cities.2 Chronicles 3:4And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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