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.

Gregory of Nyssa

c. A.D. 335–395 Patristic

(ubi sup.) In lawful contests the battle is terminated either when the adversary surrenders of his own accord to the conqueror, or is defeated in three falls, according to the rules of the art of fighting. Hence it follows, And all the temptation being completed, &c.

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A.D. 395 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 4:9-13

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