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PINNACLE

An architectural feature of the Jerusalem temple, the place where the devil took Jesus for one of the three temptations (the second in Matt. 4:5, the third in Luke 4:9). Gk. pterýgion, “pinnacle” or “parapet,” means lit., “small wing” and figuratively refers to the extreme point or tip of something. Although its precise location in unknown, from Byzantine times the pinnacle has usually been taken to be the Royal Portico of the temple on the southeast side of the outer court. Josephus describes this colonnade as a high place overlooking a deep ravine, probably the Kidron Valley. Another suggestion is that the pinnacle was part of the superstructure or lintel of one of the gates of the temple.

John L. Gillman






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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