Hegesippus
Do thou, therefore, persuade the people not to entertain erroneous opinions concerning Jesus: for all the people, and we also, listen to thy persuasion. Take thy stand, then, upon the summit[5]
Verse Matthew 4:5. _PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE_] It is very likely that this was what was called the στοα βασιλικη, _the king's gallery_; which, as Josephus says, "deserves to be mentioned among the most...
THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP - This does not mean that he bore him through the air; or that he compelled him to go against his will, or that he performed a miracle in any way to place him there. There...
4. THE TESTING OF THE KING AND HIS TESTIMONY. _ 1. The Testing by the Devil. (Matthew 4:1 .) 2. His Testimony and His Disciples. (Matthew 4:12 .) 3. The Powers of the Kingdom. (Matthew 4:23 .)_ CHAP...
THE TEMPTATION (Mark 1:12 f.*, Luke 4:1 *). Jesus'sudden recognition of His Sonship or Messiah-ship and of the responsibility thus laid upon Him, found natural expression in His retirement into solitu...
II. THE SECOND TEMPTATION. 5. THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM INTO THE HOLY CITY. What way the devil took him, whether bodily or in spirit, to the temple we are not told, and it would be in vain to inquir...
THE TESTING TIME (Matthew 4:1-11) Step by step Matthew unfolds the story of Jesus. He begins by showing us how Jesus was born into this world. He goes on to show us, at least by implication, that Jes...
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After he had deliberately gone without food for forty days and forty nights he was hungry. So the tempter came and said...
THEN. The fifth temptation. See App-116. TAKETH. Greek. _paralambano._ Compare _ago,_ of Luke 4:9. See the usage of _paralambano,_ Matthew 17:1, implying authority and constraint This is the third tem...
Matthew 4:1-11. The Temptation of Jesus. Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13 St Mark's account is short; the various temptations are not specified; he adds the striking expression "he was with the wild beasts....
_taketh him up_ The situation of Jerusalem is remarkably high. It was probably the loftiest capital in the ancient world. _the holy city_ Jerusalem is so designated by St Matthew alone. _a pinnacle_...
ἜΣΤΗΣΕΝ for ἵστησιν with the four oldest uncials and the cursives 1, 33, 209. The reading of the _textus receptus_ may be due to the present, παραλαμβάνει. 5. ἉΓΊΑΝ ΠΌΛΙΝ. This designation used of the...
THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13. St Mark’s account is short; the various temptations are not specified; he adds the striking expression ἦν μετὰ τῶν θηρίων. St Luke places the tempt...
VER 5. THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO THE HOLY CITY, AND SETTETH HIM ON A PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, 6. AND SAITH UNTO HIM, "IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD, CAST THYSELF DOWN; FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'HE SHALL...
_JESUS WAS A TEMPTED SAVIOR MATTHEW 4:1-11:_ At this point Jesus began His preaching ministry as described in Isaiah 61:1. "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to...
ΠΑΡΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΕΙ (G3880) _praes. ind. act._ брать с собой, вести. Hist, _praes._ усиливает живость и образность (RWP). ΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) помещать, ΈΠ (G1909) с _асс._ на. ΠΤΕΡΎ...
THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM, &C.— The original word παραλαμβανει, signifies no more than _to lead,_ to _take along with one;_ as in the LXX. Numbers 22:41; Numbers 23:27. See Matthew 17:1. That it has n...
CHAPTER FOUR Section 7. JESUS IS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (Parallels: Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13) TEXT: 4:1-11 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2....
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP, [ paralambanei (G3880 ) - RATHER, 'CONDUCTETH HIM'] INTO THE HOLY CITY -...
16-17 Compare Joh_1:32-34. 16 As God's Spirit has no material form it is figured to us in various ways, which suggest its force and significance. It is usually presented as a blast of air, for this is...
4:5 temple, (g-18) _ Hieron_ , the general buildings. The house itself, the shrine, is _ Naos_ ....
THE TEMPTATION 1-11. The temptation (Mark 1:12; Luke 4:1). The narrative, which can only have come from our Lord's own lips, describes an actual historical fact, the great temptation which He underwen...
THE HOLY CITY] This phrase, peculiar to this Gospel, marks a thoroughly Jewish affection for Jerusalem: see Matthew 27:53, and cp. Matthew 5:35. A (RV 'the') PINNACLE] see prefatory remarks. 6. The de...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 THE DEVIL TESTS JESUS 4:1-11 V1 The *Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert. The devil tested Jesus while he was there. V2 For 40 d...
The order of the last two temptations is different in St. Luke, and the variation is instructive. Either St. Luke’s informant was less accurate than St. Matthew’s, or the impressions left on the minds...
CHAPTER 5 His Temptation - Matthew 4:1 MUCH has been written on the possibility of temptation in the experience of a sinless Being. The difficulties which have been raised in this region are chiefly...
_Second temptation_. τστε παραλαμ.… τοῦ ἱεροῦ : τότε has the force of “next,” and implies a closer order of sequence than Luke's καὶ (Matthew 4:5). παραλαμβάνει, historical present with dramatic effec...
_The Temptation_ (Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)....
TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL Matthew 4:1-11 _Then_ marks the close connection between the heavenly voice of the baptism and the fiery ordeal of the forty days. Notice that temptation is not in itself sin; on...
"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens, He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodne...
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a (b) pinnacle of the temple, (b) The battlement which encompassed the flat roof of the Temple so that no man might fall down: as w...
In the text of St. Luke this temptation is the third: but most commentators follow the order of St. Matthew. In Palestine, all buildings had a flat roof, with a balustrade or a parapet. It was probabl...
THE TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13. Matthew says that _“He was led by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.”_ Mark says: “The Spirit immediately impels Him away...
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. The subject of CHRIST'S temptations, is a subject attended with much difficulty thoroughly to explain. One of the great ca...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_SIN AS A VOLUNTARY ACT_ ‘Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city … Cast Thyself down: for it is written … Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’ M...
Matthew 4:5._Then the devil taketh him. _It is not of great importance, that Luke’s narrative makes that temptation to be the second, which Matthew places as the third: for it was not the intention of...
Having thus, in grace, taken up His position as man on earth, He commences His earthly career, being led of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The righteous and holy man, the S...
THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP,.... This was done, not in a visionary way, but really and truly: Satan, by divine permission, and with the consent of Christ, which shows his great humiliation and condes...
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, Ver. 5. _Then the devil taketh him_] Not in vision only or imagination, but really and indeed, as he was...
_Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city_ That is, the city Jerusalem, frequently called _the holy city_ in Scripture, see Nehemiah 11:1; Isaiah 52:1; Daniel 9:24; and that with great propriet...
Those who wrongly quote the Bible, and thus pervert its meaning, imitate the devil....
Repulsed, but not routed, the devil seeks a new line of attack:...
THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO THE HOLY CITY, AND SETTETH HIM ON A PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE,...
There could be no doubt therefore that He would fulfil this virtual pledge to bear their sins on Calvary. Notice too that the Father approves Him in this unqualified way before His being tested by Sat...
1-11 Concerning Christ's temptation, observe, that directly after he was declared to be the Son of God, and the Saviour of the world, he was tempted; great privileges, and special tokens of Divine fa...
By _the holy city_ is meant Jerusalem, once a holy city, DANIEL 9:24; now, though a most impure and filthy city upon many accounts, yet, upon other accounts still a holy city, being the only city in t...
Matthew 4:5 Then G5119 devil G1228 took G3880 Him G846 up G3880 (G5719) into G1519 holy G40 city...
JESUS FACES UP TO HIS FUTURE IN THE WILDERNESS (4:1-11). The most momentous moment of His conscious life to date having taken place, Jesus will now have to face up to what it involves. For having bee...
‘Then the devil takes him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,' But now His thoughts were turned again towards the question of success in His mission. How was He to gain t...
SECOND TEMPTATION; Matthew 4:5-7. Luke mentions this last. The order here is probably exact; Matthew 4:5; Matthew 4:8, indicate an order of succession, which is not necessarily implied in Luke's accou...
The threefold temptation by Satan; the threefold victory over Satan. He who came ‘to destroy the works of the devil,' triumphs over him in personal conflict. This was the Messiah's _trial_ and _probat...
Matthew 4:5. THEN. Probably immediately afterwards TAKETH HIM, as a companion. Force is not necessarily implied, though Satan may have had for the time being some power over his weakened body. The g...
THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM (τοτε παραλαμβανε αυτον ο διαβολος). Matthew is very fond of this temporal adverb (τοτε). See already Matthew 2:7; Matthew 3:13; Matthew 4:1;...
HOLY CITY In the New Testament, one Greek word, "hagios", in its various forms, is rendered, "holy," "holiness," "sanctify," "sanctified," "sanctification." Like the Hebrew, "qodesh", it signifies "s...
Matthew 4:5 I. Our Lord was carried from the wilderness to the holy city. Understand by this how all our circumstances in the world may be changed, and yet the tempter be with us still. Hundreds of me...
Matthew 4:1 I. One cannot help thinking and wondering why this temptation should take place, and though all the reasons cannot be known, some of them we think we can see. We know there is a devil. Per...
Matthew 4:5 I. It was a master-piece of Satan to take Christ to the Temple. There was the spot which God loved best in the whole earth, that He had fenced around with most special and jealous care. I...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil._ He had just been baptized, the Spirit of God had descended upon him, and the Father had borne witnes...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil._ What a change it seems from the descent of the Holy Spirit to being led up into the wilderness to be...
CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus' public ministry begun. Call of first disciples. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The Word of God is t...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit,_ υπο του πνευματος, the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek article, and declared in the verses preseding. _Led into the wilderness,_ where he was...
TO THE HOLY CITY. We are not told how he took him. THE HIGHEST POINT. Probably the lofty porch overhanging the valley of Kedron. From the roof to the valley floor was 300 feet, Josephus tells us....
_Pinnacle of the temple._ -Tempted to self-destruction. (_Dr. O. Winslow._) THE SECEDED TEMPTATION I. Satan’s doubt. “If Thou be the Son of God,” etc. II. His purpose. He urged on Christ an act of...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:5 THE HOLY CITY is Jerusalem. The PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE is probably the southeast corner of the temple area, the top of which was 300 feet (91 m) above the floor of the Kidr...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:1 Jesus the Messiah Begins to Advance the Messianic Kingdom. Jesus triumphs over the devil in the wilderness (vv. Matthew 4:1), proclaims the kingdom
SATAN TEMPS JESUS IN THE DESERT MATTHEW 4:1-11; MARK 1:12-13; LUKE 4:1-13; MATTHEW 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness t
CHAPTER 4 _By the devil_. Syriac, _by the accuser_, Gr. _διάβολος_, _accuser_, _calumniator_. For Satan is he who accuses men before God perpetually, that he may gain them for himself and Gehenna. _T...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS—GENERAL REMARKS _There is only one way of understanding the narrative_, viz. as the history of a real occurrence, of an actual temptation of our Lord by the d...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 4:1 THE TEMPTATION. The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of himself for the work of the kingdom does not exclude temptation, but rather necessitates it. Psychologica...
Chapter Four Then was Jesus led of the Spirit into the wilderness (Matthew 4:1) Immediately, He is now being led by the Spirit, walking after the Spirit. The New Testament has so much to say to us co...
2 Chronicles 3:4; Daniel 9:16; Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; John 19:11;...
Taketh [π α ρ α λ α μ β α ν ε ι]. The preposition para (with, by the side of), implies taketh along with himself, or conducteth. It is the same word which all three evangelists use of Lord's taking hi...
THE TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The temptation of Christ in the wilderness had no direct bearing upon our salvation, as we are saved by His Blood. However, the temptation did acclaim...
THE TEMPTATION (NO. 2) Matthew 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. "THEN" the word holds our attention. "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." The word "then" c...
The holy city — So Jerusalem was commonly called, being the place God had peculiarly chosen for himself. On the battlement of the temple — Probably over the king's gallery, which was of such a prodigi...
(CF. LUKE 4:5-12)—Is there a mistake in recording the wilderness temptation of Christ by Matthew or Luke? PROBLEM: According to both Matthew and Luke, the first temptation was to turn stones into brea...
That is, Satan, by God's permission, took up his body and carried it in the air, and set it upon one of the battlements of the temple. Learn hence, 1. What. mighty power evil spirits have over our bo...