Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Le diable, l'ayant élevé, lui montra en un instant tous les royaumes de la terre,
KJV
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Le diable, l'ayant élevé, lui montra en un instant tous les royaumes de la terre,
KJV
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Origen
In Jeremiam (Homiliae 1-11)
t carbone tangat os ejus etc. — 5 Jes. 6, 7. — 7 Vgl. Jes. 6, 6. — 14 Vgl. Matth. 4, 4. — 22 Vgl. in Luc. 4, 5 (Cat. Cram. II, 36, 5ff.): »Βασιλείας κόσμου«, φησὶ, τὸν [l. τῶν] κοσμικῶν ἀνθρώπων, τίνα τρόπον οἱ μὲν βασιλεύονται ὑπὸ πονηρίας, οἱ δὲ βασιλεύονται ὑπὸ φιλαργυρίας, οἱ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
he say merely, "if Thou wilt adore me," but he adds, "if, falling down"; because, as Ambrose says on Lk. 4:5 : "Ambition harbors yet another danger within itself: for, while seeking to rule, it will serve; it will bow in submission that it may be crowned with honor; and the highe…
Cyrill of Alexandria
De adoratione et cultu in spiritu et ueritate
ich gebe sie, wem immer ich will. Wenn du dich nun vor mir niederwirfst, so wird alles dir gehören (Lk 4,5–7). P: Das ist zwar richtig so. Jedoch antworte mir auf eine Frage. Welche Unterstützung oder welche Hilfe kann es denn für diejenigen, die sich in einer solchen Lage befind…
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