Then] Soon after the former temptation. the devil taketh him up] Carrieth him, as Gods Spirit did Philip, Acts 8:13. else how could he set him on the pinacle of the temple? Well might Christ suffer Satan to carry him, who suffered his instruments to crucifie him. into the holy citie] Jerusalem, chap. 27. 53. Daniel 9:24. so called, notwithstanding the wickednesse of it, because of Gods solemn worship there: or, because of those good men left there, who were the better, though not the greater part of Jerusalem. on a pinacle] An out-wing on the top of the temple. The devil might have set him on some rock in the wildernesse; but he thought Christ would be more willing to shew himself at Jerusalem, and from the temple (as Christs kinred did, John 7:3-4.) and that if he fell there, all the Jews would think him an impostour, if he died of that fall.