If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.”
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If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.”
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Yf thou therfore wilt worshippe me they shalbe all thyne.
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If thou therefore wilt worship mee, they shalbe all thine.
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- Luke 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
- Psalms 72:11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
- Isaiah 45:14 Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you, and they will be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains. They will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.
- Matthew 2:11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
- Luke 17:16 He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
- Revelation 5:8 Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Revelation 22:8 Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.
- Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down— yes, they worship.
- Revelation 4:10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Out of an high place, which had a goodly…
Out of an high place, which had a goodly champion country underneath it, he showed him the situation of all countries.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall…
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Ver. 7. If thou wilt worship] Papa dulia adorandus, say the Canonists.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain If thou therefore wilt worship me,.... Or "before me";…
If thou therefore wilt worship me,.... Or "before me"; that is, fall down before him, and give him divine worship and homage. A wide difference there is between a good angel and a fallen angel; a good angel will not suffer himself to be worshipped by men, but directs to the worship of God only, Rev 19:10 but a fallen angel not only seeks to be worshipped by men, but by the Son of God himself, even by him whom all the holy angels worship, Heb 1:6 This was what Satan at first aspired after, and by which he fell: he affected deity, and sought to have divine worship given him; and in this sin he still persisted, and grew worse and worse, more daring and insolent, desiring worship of him who is God over all, blessed for ever.
All shall be thine: he promises to give him a title to all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, on condition of homage done him, by which he should hold the tenure of them under him; these being delivered up solely to him, by the author of them; and he having them in his power, to dispose of them at pleasure. O horrid impudence, arrogance, and insolence!
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. If thou - wilt worship me] This…
Verse 7. If thou - wilt worship me] This temptation is the last in order, as related by Matthew; and it is not reasonable to suppose that any other succeeded to it. Luke has here told the particulars, but not in the order in which they took place. See every circumstance of this temptation considered and explained in the notes on Mt 4:1-11.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. If—In the three temptations there are three ifs,…
7. If—In the three temptations there are three ifs, given obviously by Matthew in the true order. The first if questions whether he is the Son of God, and suggests a selfish test. The second if rather concedes the sonship, and bases upon it a selfish vain-glory. The third if concedes his fitness for a universal monarchy, and proposes a compact by which Jesus shall be the king, and Satan the god, of the earth.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. wilt worship me] Rather, wilt do homage before…
7. wilt worship me] Rather, wilt do homage before me. Comp. Psa_22:27.
all shall be thine] Rather, it (the habitable world) shall all be thine, for the true reading is pâsa (all the uncials) not panta. There was then living, one to whom in as high an ambitious sense as has ever been realised, it did all belong—the Emperor Tiberius. But so far from enjoying it he was at this very time the most miserable and most degraded of men (Tac. Ann. vi. 6, iv. 61, 62, 67; Plin. H. N. xxviii. 5).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be…
If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. Dr. Morrison, on Mat_4:9, has well caught the thought here. The arch-tempter "as it were said to Jesus, "I am indeed the prince and god of this world. Its kingdoms and their glory are at my disposal. I could at once open up thy way to the highest honors that a universal conqueror and a universal sovereign could desire. I could gather at once around thee a host of devoted Jewish troops; I could pave their way for victory after victory, until at no distant period the whole Roman empire, and indeed the whole world, should be subject to thy sway. Only abandon the wild chimera of putting down sin and making all men fanatical and holy; fall in with my way of things; let the morals of the world alone, more especially its morals in reference to God; work with me and under me, and all will go well. But if thou refuse this offer, look out for determined.opposition, for incessant persecution, for the most miserable poverty, and for every species of woe.
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