Luke 4 · Verse 5

Luke 4:5

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Luke 4:5, King James Version

Luke 4:5 in other translations

BSBThen the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
WEBThe devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
ASVAnd he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
YLTAnd the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,
DARBYAnd the devil, leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.
BBEAnd he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.
WebsterAnd the devil taking him up upon a high mountain, showed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

What does Luke 4:5 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 5. No entry from BARNES for this verse.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 4:1-13

Christ's being led into the wilderness gave an advantage to the tempter; for there he was alone, none were with him by whose prayers and advice he might be helped in the hour of temptation. He who knew his own strength might give Satan advantage; but we may not, who know our own weakness. Being in all things made like unto his brethren, Jesus would, like the other children of God, live in dependence upon the Divine…

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Luke 4:5 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἀναγαγὼνanagagōnhaving led upG321
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
διάβολοςdiabolosdevilG1228
εἰςeisintoG1519
ὄροςorosmountainG3735
ὑψηλὸνhupsēlonhighG5308
ἔδειξενedeixenhe showedG1166
αὐτῷautōto HimG846
πάσαςpasasallG3956
τὰςtastheG3588
βασιλείαςbasileiaskingdomsG932
τῆςtēsof theG3588
οἰκουμένηςoikoumenēsworldG3625
ἐνeninG1722
στιγμῇstigmēaa momentG4743
χρόνουchronouof timeG5550

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Cross references for Luke 4:5

  • 1 John 2:15-16

    Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:52

    In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

  • Matthew 4:8

    Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

  • Psalms 73:19

    How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • Job 20:5

    That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  • Ephesians 6:12

    For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

  • Matthew 24:14

    And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

  • Mark 4:8-9

    And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Ephesians 2:2

    Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

  • 2 Corinthians 4:17

    For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

  • 1 Corinthians 7:31

    And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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Mr 4:8,9; 1Co 7:31; Eph 2:2; 6:12; 1Jo 2:15,16
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Job 20:5; Ps 73:19; 1Co 15:52; 2Co 4:17

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Context

  • Luke 4:4

    And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

  • Luke 4:5

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

  • Luke 4:6

    And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

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Luke 4:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y le llevó el diablo á un alto monte, y le mostró en un momento de tiempo todos los reinos de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le diable, le menant sur une haute montagne, lui montra, en un instant, tous les royaumes de la terre habitée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Teufel führte ihn auf einen hohen Berg und zeigte ihm in einem Augenblick alle Reiche des Erdkreises.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et duxit illum diabolus in montem excelsum, et ostendit illi omnia regna orbis terræ in momento temporis,