Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Parallel translations
- WEB Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the 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.
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- 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:
- Rev 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.
- Matt 27:53And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
- Isa 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.
- Dan 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.
- Dan 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.
- Neh 11:18All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
- Neh 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.
- Isa 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.
- 2 Chr 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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