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The Temptation of Jesus

Matthew 4:5

In 9 translations

BSB
Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
KJV
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
WEB
Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
ASV
Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
LSV
Then the Devil takes Him to the [holy] city, and sets Him on the pinnacle of the temple,
YLT
Then doth the Devil take him to the [holy] city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
DBY
Then the devil takes him to the holy city, and sets him upon the edge of the temple,
DRC
Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,
GNV
Then the deuil tooke him vp into the holy Citie, and set him on a pinacle of the temple,

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔστησεν (“set”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἵστησιν (“sets”).
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  • SBLGNT: ἔστησεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔστησεν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἵστησιν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Τότε παραλαμβάνει αὐτὸν ὁ διάβολος εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν, καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ πτερύγιον τοῦ ἱεροῦ,
RP2018
Τότε παραλαμβάνει αὐτὸν ὁ διάβολος εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν, καὶ ἵστησιν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ πτερύγιον τοῦ ἱεροῦ,
TR-Boyd
Τότε παραλαμβάνει αὐτὸν ὁ διάβολος εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν, καὶ ἵστησιν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ πτερύγιον τοῦ ἱεροῦ,
SCR1894
τοτε παραλαμβανει αυτον ο διαβολος εις την αγιαν πολιν και ιστησιν αυτον επι το πτερυγιον του ιερου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 4:9Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
  • Matthew 27:53After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
  • Revelation 11:2But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
  • Isaiah 48:2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  • Nehemiah 11:1Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.
  • Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and…
  • Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
  • Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and…
  • John 19:11Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
  • Nehemiah 11:18The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
  • 2 Chronicles 3:4The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

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