Matthew 4:9 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 4:9

“All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

KJV

And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

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Commentary

6 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 9) I will give you all these things if you fall down and worship me. Even in this boasting, the arrogant and proud one speaks: not because he has power over the whole world or can give all the kingdoms, since we know that many holy men have been made kings by God. If you fall down, he says, and worship me. Therefore, whoever is going to worship the devil, falls before him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

If thou wilt fall down and worship me - Here Satan clearly shows who he was. Accordingly Christ answering this suggestion, calls him by his own name, which he had not done before.

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.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, The best of saints may be tempted to the worst of sins, especially when they are under the power of melancholy; as, for instance, to atheism, blasphemy, murder, self-murder, and what not. This is their affliction, but while there is no consent to it, nor approbation of it, it is not their sin; Christ was tempted to worship Satan.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

All these things ... - All these kingdoms. All these dominions Satan claimed a right to bestow on whom he pleased, and with considerable justice. They were excessively wicked; and with no small degree of propriety, therefore, he asserted his claim to give them away. This temptation had much plausibility. Satan regarded Jesus as the king of the Jews. As the Messiah he supposed he had come to take possession of all that country. He was poor, and unarmed, and without followers or armies.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	he says	G2036 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to Him;	G846 →
ταῦτά	tauta	These things	G3778 →
σοι	soi	to You	G4771 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
δώσω,	dōsō	will I give,	G1325 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
πεσὼν	pesōn	falling down	G4098 →
προσκυνήσῃς	proskunēsēs	You shall worship	G4352 →
μοι.¶	moi	me.	G3165 →

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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
2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
leads to
- John 12:40
  “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:14
  But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
- Isaiah 6:10
  Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
- 1 John 5:19
  We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
Through
Revelation 19:10
So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus.…
leads to
- Revelation 22:8–9
  And I am John, who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these…
- Acts 10:25–26
  As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
Through
John 16:11
and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
leads to
- John 12:31
  Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.