Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 4:8

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 4:8 - 4:8

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 4:8 - 4:8

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8. εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν λίαν. It is idle to ask what this mountain was, or in what sense Jesus saw the kingdoms of the world. It is enough that the thought and the temptation of earthly despotism and glory were present to the mind of Jesus. The Galilæans put the same temptation to Jesus when they wished to make Him a king (Joh 6:15), and even the disciples shared the hope of an earthly Messianic kingdom. The picture of the expected Deliverer was drawn by the popular imagination from the memory of the Maccabees or from the actual power of Cæsar, and this was the thought which the tempter presented to Christ.