Satan not Discouraged by Failure
Luke 4:9-13
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If you be the Son of God…


The manner is, after one hath taken a foil, his courage will fail. The angel would have been gone, when he saw he could not prevail over Jacob (Genesis 32:26). But it is not so here with the devil. For when he saw that his first temptation would not prevail he trieth another.

(Bishop Andrewes.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

WEB: He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,




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