Matthew 4:8 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

KJV

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;

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain,.... That is, he took him off from the pinnacle of the temple, and carried him through the air, to one of the mountains which were round about Jerusalem; or to some very high mountain at a greater distance; but what mountain is not certain; nor can it be known; nor is it of any moment; it has been said (g) to be Mount Lebanon: here he sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and glory of them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The pinnacle of the temple is not high enough; the prince of the power of the air must have him further up into his territories. Some think this high mountain was on the other side of Jordan, because there we find Christ next after the temptation, John i. Perhaps it was mount Pisgah, whence Moses, in communion with God, had all the kingdoms of Canaan shown him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

An exceeding high mountain, and showeth him - If the words, all the kingdoms of the world, be taken in a literal sense, then this must have been a visionary representation, as the highest mountain on the face of the globe could not suffice to make evident even one hemisphere of the earth, and the other must of necessity be in darkness.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Again, the devil taketh him up--"conducteth him," as before. into--or "unto" an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them--Luke (Lu 4:5) adds the important clause, "in a moment of time"; a clause which seems to furnish a key to the true meaning. That a scene was presented to our Lord's natural eye seems plainly expressed.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πάλιν	Palin	Again	G3825 →
παραλαμβάνει	paralambanei	takes	G3880 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
διάβολος	diabolos	devil	G1228 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
ὄρος	oros	a mountain	G3735 →
ὑψηλὸν	hupsēlon	high	G5308 →
λίαν	lian	exceedingly	G3029 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δείκνυσιν	deiknusin	shows	G1166 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
πάσας	pasas	all	G3956 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
βασιλείας	basileias	kingdoms	G932 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κόσμου	kosmou	world	G2889 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δόξαν	doxan	glory	G1391 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
leads to
- Job 27:8
  For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Mark 8:36–37
  What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
- Luke 9:25
  What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
- Luke 12:20
  But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Psalms 49:7–8
  No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
Through
Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
leads to
- Daniel 7:14
  And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
- Revelation 12:10
  And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our…
- Daniel 7:27
  Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…