Luke 4:5

Translations

Modern

Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

Traditional

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Literal

And having led Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Latin

Et duxit illum diabolus in montem excelsum, et ostendit illi omnia regna orbis terræ in momento temporis,

Original

Greek

English

Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

Notes

Luke 4:1–13

The 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.

Events

Temptations of Jesusc. AD 26

Related verses

1 John 2:15–16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 Corinthians 15:52
…in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Job 20:5
…the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Psalm 73:19
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Matthew 4:8
Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Ephesians 2:2
…in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
1 Corinthians 7:31
…and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Mark 4:8–9
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

Parallels

Matthew 4:1–11 Mark 1:12–13

People

Satan: The adversary, the devil, the tempter of humanity

Glossary

Baptism of Jesus Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Luke, Gospel of Spirit of God

Topics

Ambition: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Jesus, the Christ: Temptation of Jesus, the Christ: Temptation of (In the Desert of Judaea) Satan: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Temptation: General Scriptures Concerning Temptation: Resistance To Time: Moments

Luke 4:5

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