Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
Parallel translations
- KJV Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
- BSB Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
- NKJV Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,
- NASB Then the devil *took Him along into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
- NLT Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,
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Quick answer
The devil takes Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple in the holy city. The scene shifts to a second temptation.
Overview
Satan transports Jesus to a high point of the Jerusalem temple, the very center of Israel's worship. The setting sets up a temptation to test God presumptuously in a public, religious arena. The conflict between the Son of God and the devil continues at the heart of the holy city.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 4:9He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
- Rev 11:2Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
- Matt 27:53and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
- Isa 48:2(for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name):
- John 19:11Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”
- Dan 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
- Dan 9:16Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.
- Neh 11:18All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
- Neh 11:1The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem. The rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities.
- Isa 52:1Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.
- 2 Chr 3:4The porch that was in front, its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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