Luke 4:5
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
KJV
καὶ ἀναγαγὼν αὐτὸν ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐν στιγμῇ χρόνου·
Greek NT
Et duxit illum diabolus in montem excelsum, et ostendit illi omnia regna orbis terræ in momento temporis,
Vulgate
And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
ASV
And the devil led him into a high mountain and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- αὐτὸν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
- + ὁ διάβολος εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2855The final doxology, "For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever," takes up again, by inclusion, the first three petitions to our Father: the glorification of his name, the coming of his reign, and the power of his saving will. But these prayers are now proclaimed as adoration and thanksgiving, as in the liturgy of heaven.176 The ruler of this world has …
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:52 — In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
- 1John 2:15 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- 1John 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
- Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Luke 9:25 — For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
- Matt 4:8 — 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;
- Matt 4:8 — 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;
- Matt 24:14 — And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
- Ps 73:19 — How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.