Luke 4:5

Luke 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
• New International Version (NIV)The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Context of Luke 4:5

3The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone.’” Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world. 6And he said to him, “To you I will grant this whole realm – and the glory that goes along with it, for it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. 7So then, if you will worship me, all this will be yours.”

Luke 4:5 word by word

Καὶ ἀναγαγὼν αὐτὸν ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐν στιγμῇ χρόνουRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the devilδιάβολοςdiabolos · devilish/the DevilG1228
• takingἀνάγωanagō · to leadG321
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• anὄροςoros · mountainG3735
• highὑψηλόςhupsēlos · highG5308
• shewedδεικνύωdeiknuō · to showG1166
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the kingdomsβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• of the worldοἰκουμένηoikoumenē · worldG3625
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• a momentστιγμήstigmē · instantG4743
• of timeχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550

Cross-references for Luke 4:5

• Mark 4:8But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”
• 1 Corinthians 7:31those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.
• Ephesians 2:2in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,
• Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
• 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
• Job 20:5that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
• Psalms 73:19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
• 1 Corinthians 15:52in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

Commentaries on Luke 4:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-11. Luke 4:2 Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Matthew 4:2-3. He did eat nothing - He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting. Luke 4:13 Departed for a season…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13The devil tried to tempt Jesus to ignore his Father's plan of salvation by seeking power and glory for himself. The temptation in the wilderness for 40 days is similar to Israel's 40 years of testing there. Israel failed the test, but Jesus succeeded.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 4:5

• Ambition
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Satan
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Close
• Deliverance
• Gracious
• Keep
• Rebuke
• Temptation
• Antichrist
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Temptation of Christ

Commentaries on Luke 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings