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Again, &c This should be "The devil taketh Him again", implying that he had taken Him there before, as "It is written again" in Mat_4:7. See App-117. This is the second temptation in Luke (Luk_4:5).
taketh. As in Mat_4:5; not anago, "leadeth up", as in Luk_4:5.
exceeding. Not so in Luk_4:5; because there it is only oikoumene, the inhabited world, or Roman empire (App-129.); here it is kosmos (App-129.)
kingdoms. See App-112.
world. Greek. kosmos, the whole world as created. See App-129.