Matthew 4:5

2 Chronicles 3:4; Daniel 9:16; Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; John 19:11; Luke 4:9; Matthew 27:53; Nehemiah 11:1; Revelation 11:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 p...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Temptation ( Mark 1:12 f.*, Luke 4:1-13 *). Jesus'sudden recognition of His Sonship or Messiah-ship and of the responsibility thus laid upon...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Then. The fifth temptation. See App-116. taketh. Greek. paralambano. Compare ago, of Luke 4:9 . See the usage of paralambano, Matthew 17...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, Pinnacle of the temple - It is very likely that this wa...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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. Num...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 actu...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 His Temptation - Matthew 4:1-11 MUCH has been written on the possibility of temptation in the experience of a sinless Being. The diff...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 fo...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

"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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 d...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 writte...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ;...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderne...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 oth...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 no...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 ques...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS—GENERAL REMARKS There is only one way of understanding the narrative , viz. as the history of a real occu...
Scofield Reference Notes

holy city In the New Testament, one Greek word, "hagios", in its various forms, is rendered, "holy," "holiness," "sanctify," "sanctified," "sa...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 4:1-11 I. One cannot help thinking and wondering why this temptation should take place, and though all the reasons cannot be known, some o...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 4:5-6 I. Our Lord was carried from the wilderness to the holy city. Understand by this how all our circumstances in the world may be chang...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 4:5-7 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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 ha...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 vers...
The Biblical Illustrator

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,...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 4:1-40 THE TEMPTATION . The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of himself for the work of the kingdom do...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then the devil taketh Him up into the Holy City, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the Temple,
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Repulsed, but not routed, the devil seeks a new line of attack:
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Temptation Matthew 4:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The temptation of Christ in the wilderness had no direct bearing upon our salvation, as we ar...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Temptation (No. 2) Matthew 4:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. "THEN" the word holds our attention. "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The holy city — So Jerusalem was commonly called, being the place God had peculiarly chosen for himself. On the battlement of the temple — Probably...

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Related Commentaries of Matthew 4:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 4:5