Text -- Matthew 4:5 (NET)

4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mat 4:5

¹ sn The order of the second and third temptations differs in Luke’s account (4:5-12) from the order given in Matthew.

² tn Grk “and he stood him.”

³ sn The highest point of the temple probably refers to the point on the temple’s southeast corner where it looms directly over a cliff some 450 ft (135 m) high. However, some have suggested the reference could be to the temple’s high gate.