Matthew (New Testament) · Gospel narrative (Temptation)
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The devil takes Jesus to an exceedingly high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world (kosmos/oikoumene traditions vary) and their glory.
The mode of 'showing' is not specified. Whether it is optical, visionary, or symbolic is interpretation.
From a single high mountain one can literally see every kingdom of a flat earth.
A visionary or supernatural showing — Luke's parallel says 'in a moment of time'. On a globe, no mountain provides literal all-directional line-of-sight; the text describes a supernatural revealing.
The inhabited world; the settled earth.
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