Lukas 4:7

7 Indien Gij dan mij zult aanbidden, zo zal het alles Uw zijn.

Lukas 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:7

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, ( Revelation 19:10 ) ( 22:9 ) 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, ( Hebrews 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!

Lukas 4:7 In-Context

5 En als Hem de duivel geleid had op een hogen berg, toonde hij Hem al de koninkrijken der wereld, in een ogenblik tijds.
6 En de duivel zeide tot Hem: Ik zal U al deze macht, en de heerlijkheid derzelver koninkrijken geven; want zij is mij overgegeven, en ik geef ze, wien ik ook wil;
7 Indien Gij dan mij zult aanbidden, zo zal het alles Uw zijn.
8 En Jezus, antwoordende, zeide tot hem: Ga weg van Mij, satan, want er is geschreven: Gij zult den Heere, uw God, aanbidden, en Hem alleen dienen.
9 En hij leidde Hem naar Jeruzalem, en stelde Hem op de tinne des tempels, en zeide tot Hem: Indien Gij de Zoon Gods zijt, werp Uzelven van hier nederwaarts;
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.