Luke 4:9 Douay-Rheims

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

Ambrose of Milan

A.D. 339–397 Patristic

The next weapon he uses is that of boasting, which always causes the offender to fall down; for they who love to boast of the glory of their virtue descend from the stand and vantage ground of their good deeds. Hence it is said, And he led him to Jerusalem.

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A.D. 397 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 4:9-13

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