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If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."
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The Devil's Shortcut
Commentators explain that Satan offered Jesus a legitimate Messianic goal—rulership of the world—but through an illegitimate method. This was a temptation to bypass the suffering of the Cross and gain power through a corrupt bargain. Jesus's rejection shows that God's will must be done God's way, without compromising worship or obedience for a shortcut to glory.
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Wilt worship before me (προσκυνησηις ενωπιον εμου). Matthew 4:9 has it more bluntly "worship me." That is what it reall…
19th Century
Baptist
If thou therefore, wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan:
The tempta…
The second temptation involves similar issues. In a vision, the devil takes Jesus to a “high place” and offers him the world. Once again, what the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If you therefore will worship me Or "before me"; that is, fall down before him, and give him divine worship and homa…
Presbyterian
Christ's being led into the wilderness gave an advantage to the tempter, for there He was alone; no one was with Him by whose prayers and advice He…
