5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
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And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We have here the story of a famous duel, fought hand to hand, between Michael and the dragon, the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, nay, the serpent himself; in which the seed of the woman suffers, being tempted , and so has his heel bruised; but the serpent is quite baffled in his temptations, and so has his head broken; and our Lord Jesus comes off a Conqueror, and so secures not on…
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