Luke 4:9
And 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:
KJV
ἤγαγεν δὲ αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἔστησεν ἐπὶ τὸ πτερύγιον τοῦ ἱεροῦ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ, βάλε σεαυτὸν ἐντεῦθεν κάτω·
Greek NT
Et duxit illum in Jerusalem, et statuit eum super pinnam templi, et dixit illi : Si Filius Dei es, mitte te hinc deorsum.
Vulgate
And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
ASV
And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on a pinnacle of the temple and said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from hence.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Ἤγαγεν δὲ — SBLGNT
- Ἤγαγεν δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Καὶ ἤγαγεν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἔστησεν — SBLGNT
- ἔστησεν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτὸν — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2119Tempting God consists in putting his goodness and almighty power to the test by word or deed. Thus Satan tried to induce Jesus to throw himself down from the Temple and, by this gesture, force God to act.49 Jesus opposed Satan with the word of God: "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test." 50 The challenge contained in such tempting of God wounds the respect and trust …
Cross-references
- Luke 4:3 — And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
- Matt 4:5 — Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
- Matt 4:5 — Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
- Matt 4:6 — 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
- Matt 8:29 — And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?