Matthew 4:5

Then the devil took him to the holy city, ¹  had him stand ²  on the highest point ³  of the temple,

2Ch 3:4; Ne 11:1; Isa 48:2; Isa 52:1; Da 9:16; Mt 27:53; Lu 4:9; Joh 19:11; Re 11:2

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.