KJV ORIGINAL
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:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Then the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the temple. He said, 'If you're really God's son, jump off from here.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The devil literally tried to dare Jesus into proving himself with a dangerous stunt.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of Luke was traditionally written by Luke, a companion of Paul, for Theophilus and a wider Gentile audience, likely in the late first century CE. It was written to provide an orderly and reliable
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