Luke 4:6 (WEB)
The devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I want.
Catechism · 1
“The ruler of this world has mendaciously attributed to himself the three titles of kingship, power, and glory.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 4:5-6.
Fathers and councils · 21
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…his forces, drawing up in order all his available power for falsehood, in the third place “showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,” saying, as Luke relates, “All these will I give thee,—for they are delivered to me; and to whom I will, I give them,—if thou wilt fall down and worship me.”” — editor's note: Luke iv. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“If then he be a liar and the truth be not in him, he certainly did not speak truth, but a lie, when he said, “For all these things are delivered to me, and to whomsoever I will I give them.”” — editor's note: Luke iv. 6.
Read the whole comment“As therefore the devil lied at the beginning, so did he also in the end, when he said, “All these are delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will I give them.”” — editor's note: Matt. iv. 9; Luke iv. 6.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Now nothing is more faithless than the devil; and God says plainly by the Prophet, The gold is Mine, and the silver is Mine, and to whomsoever I will I give it.” — editor's note: The former clause is from Haggai ii. 8; the latter, taken from the words of the Tempter in Luke iv. 6, is quoted both by Cyril and by other Fathers as if from…
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Augustine of Hippo
“At the same time, he does not fail to notice the circumstance which is omitted by Luke, namely, that the angels ministered unto Him.” — editor's note: Mark i. 12, 13; Luke iv. 1–13.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
“And he promises to betray Him, as his master the devil said before, “All this power I will give thee.” [Luke 4:6]” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
“The one says, “All the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them are mine, and to whomsoever I will, I give them;” the other, “Though He were rich yet He became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich.”” — editor's note: S. Luke iv. 6.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
The enemy had first assailed Christ by the temptation of the appetite, as also he did Adam. He next tempts Him with the desire of gain or covetousness, shewing Him all the kingdoms of the world. Hence it follows, And…
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What marvel that He permitted Himself to be led by the devil into the mountains, who even endured to be crucified in His own body?
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But how did the devil shew Him all the kingdoms of the world? Some say that he presented them to Him in imagination, but I hold that he brought them before Him in visible form and appearance.
Read the whole comment - Titus of BostraCatena Aurea on Luke
Or, the devil described the world in language, and as he thought brought it vividly before our Lord’s mind as though it were a certain house.
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Truly in a moment of time, the kingdoms of this world are described. For here it is not so much the rapid glance of sight which is signified as is declared the frailty of mortal power. For in a moment all this passes…
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He lied in two respects. For he neither had to give, nor could he give that which he had not; he gains possession of nothing, but is an enemy reduced to fight.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
For it is elsewhere said, that all power is from God. (Rom. 13:1.) Therefore from God’s hands comes the disposal of power, the lust of power is from the evil one; power is not itself evil, but he who evilly uses it.…
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And dost thou, whose lot is the unquenchable fire, promise to the Lord of all that which is His own? Didst thou think to have Him for thy worshipper, from dread of whom the whole creation trembles?
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
Or, to view the whole in another light. Two kings are earnestly contending for a kingdom; The king of sin who reigneth over sinners, that is, the devil; The king of righteousness who ruleth the righteous, that is,…
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The devil saying to our Saviour, If thou wilt fall down and worship me, receives answer that he himself ought rather to worship Christ as his Lord and God.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But how comes it that the Son (if as the heretics say a created being) is worshipped? What charge can be brought against those who served the creature and not the Creator, if the Son (according to them a created…
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Or else, All these, he says, I would have subject to me, that they might worship the Lord God, and serve Him alone. But dost thou wish sin to begin from Me, which I came hither to destroy?
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This command touched him to the quick; for before Christ’s coming he was every where worshipped. But the law of God casting him down from his usurped dominion, establishes the worship of Him alone who is really God.
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But some one may ask how this injunction agrees with the word of the Apostle, which says, Beloved, serve one another. (Gal. 5:13.) In the Greek, δουλεία signifies a common service, (i. e. given either to God or man,)…
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Cross-references · 28
Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 4:5–8 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.24.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.24.
Cited together in Catechism §2855.
Cited together in Catechism §2855.
Cited together in Catechism §2855.
Cited together in Catechism §2855.
Cited together in Catechism §2855.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 4:5–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.24.
Cited together in Catechism §2855.
Cited together in Catechism §2855.
Cited together in Catechism §2855.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.24.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.22.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.24.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.24.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 14:10–11 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 14:10–11 (2) (Catena Aurea).