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6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
a‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and,
b‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”  
7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again, a‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”  
8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and ashowed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.  
9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
10 Then Jesus said to him,1 “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, a‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”  
11 Then the devil aleft Him, and behold, bangels came and ministered to Him.  

Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry

12 aNow when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee.  
13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,
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Matthew 4:8

And showeth him (kai deiknusin autw). This wonderful panorama had to be partially mental and imaginative, since the devil caused to pass in review "all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them." But this fact does not prove that all phases of the temptations were subjective without any objective presence of the devil. Both could be true. Here again we have the vivid historical present (deiknusin). The devil now has Christ upon a very high mountain whether the traditional Quarantania or not. It was from Nebo's summit that Moses caught the vision of the land of Canaan (Deuteronomy 34:1-3). Luke (Luke 4:5) says that the whole panorama was "in a moment of time" and clearly psychological and instantaneous.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 4:8:

Matthew 4:9
Luke 4:2
Luke 4:5
Luke 4:6
John 12:31
Hebrews 2:18
1 John 2:16
Revelation 1:5
Revelation 21:10

 

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