Matthew 4:2
And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
In Context
1Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.
Cross References
Exodus 24:18And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.
Deuteronomy 9:9When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.
Deuteronomy 9:25So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you.
1 Kings 19:8So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Mark 11:12And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.
John 4:6Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12
The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →