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Selected Verse: Luke 4:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 4:5 |
King James |
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
world
(Greek, "oikoumenē", means "inhabited earth").
(See Scofield) - (Luk 2:1). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The world
See on Luk 2:1.
In a moment of time (ἐν στιγμῇ χρόνου)
Peculiar to Luke. Στιγμή is literally a mark made by a pointed instrument, a dot: hence a point of time. Only here in New Testament. Compare στίγματα, brand-marks, Gal 6:17. Tynd., in the twinkling of an eye. |
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.