Matth. iv. 5, 6.PINNACLE of the Temple. When the Devil had tempted Jesus in the Desart, Then the Devil taketh him up into the holy City, and setteth him on a Pinnacle of the Temple; and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thy self down; for it is written, He shall give his Angels Charge concerning thee, &c. This Pinnacle whereon Jesus Christ was set, was, probably, no other than that Gallery, or Parapet, or Wall on the Top of the Buttresses, which surrounded the Roof of the Temple, properly so call’d. For it is well known, that in Palestine the Roofs were cover’d with Terrasses, or Plat-forms; round about which they made a low Wall, to hinder any one from falling down. The Law itself had appointed this, Deut. xxii. 8. Josephus tells us, That the Roof of the Joseph. Antiq. l. 6. c. 6. in Lat.Temple was defended with pretty tall Golden Spikes, to hinder Birds from lighting thereon, that they might not defile it with their Dung. It was not therefore upon the Roof of the Temple, that Jesus Christ was placed, but upon the Wall that surrounded the Roof.
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