Matthew 4:8-10 New English Translation
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur.[a] 9 And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship[b] me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go away,[c] Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”[d]
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- Matthew 4:8 tn Grk “glory.”
- Matthew 4:9 tn Grk “if, falling down, you will worship.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”
- Matthew 4:10 tc The majority of witnesses (C2 D L Z Γ 33 1241 1424 M) have “behind me” (ὀπίσω μου; opisō mou) after “Go away.” But since this is the wording in Matt 16:23, where the text is certain, scribes most likely added the words here to conform to the later passage. Further, the shorter reading has superior support (א B C*vid K P W Δ 0233 ƒ1, 13 565 579* 700). Thus, both externally and internally, the shorter reading is strongly preferred.
- Matthew 4:10 sn A quotation from Deut 6:13. The word “only” is an interpretive expansion in the Greek text of the NT not found in either the Hebrew or Greek (LXX) text of the OT.
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