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Luke 4:3

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4:3 The devil said to him, “If 1  you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 2 

Luke 4:9

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4:9 Then 3  the devil 4  brought him to Jerusalem, 5  had him stand 6  on the highest point of the temple, 7  and said to him, “If 8  you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

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[4:3]  1 tn This is a first class condition: “If (and let’s assume that you are) the Son of God…”

[4:3]  2 tn Grk “say to this stone that it should become bread.”

[4:9]  3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[4:9]  4 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the devil) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:9]  5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[4:9]  6 tn Grk “and stood him.”

[4:9]  7 sn The reference to the highest point of the temple probably refers to the one point on the temple’s southeast corner where the site looms directly over a cliff some 450 feet (135 m) high. However, some have suggested the reference could be to the temple’s high gate.

[4:9]  8 tn This is another first class condition, as in v. 3.



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