Luke 4:5 “Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant…”

Luke 4:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the deuill tooke him vp into an high mountaine, and shewed him all the kingdomes of the world, in the twinkeling of an eye.

Darby Translation

And [the devil], leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.

Young's Literal Translation

And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

Bible in Basic English

And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.

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Cross references

“taking”

Ephesians 6:12 1 Corinthians 7:31 Ephesians 2:2 Mark 4:8 Mark 4:9 1 John 2:15

Ephesians 6:12 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 7:31 · BSB

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.

Ephesians 2:2 · BSB

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.

Mark 4:8 · BSB

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.”

Mark 4:9 · BSB

Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

1 John 2:15 · BSB

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

“in”

1 Corinthians 15:52 Job 20:5 Psalm 73:19 2 Corinthians 4:17

1 Corinthians 15:52 · BSB

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.

Job 20:5 · BSB

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Psalm 73:19 · BSB

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

2 Corinthians 4:17 · BSB

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

Also

Matthew 4:8 Matthew 24:14

Matthew 4:8 · BSB

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

Matthew 24:14 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’ ”

6“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

Read Luke 4