Matthew 4:2
And when he had fasted for forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 led by the Spirit into the desert, in order to be tempted by the devil.
Cross References
Exodus 24:18And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, ascended the mountain. And he was there for forty days and forty nights.
Deuteronomy 9:9when I ascended onto the mountain, so that I might receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you. And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.
Deuteronomy 9:25And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights, as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you, just as he had threatened to do.
1 Kings 19:8And he when he had risen up, he ate and drank. And he walked by the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God, Horeb.
Mark 11:12And the next day, as they were departing from Bethania, he was hungry.
John 4:6And Jacob’s well was there. And so Jesus, being tired from the journey, was sitting in a certain way on the well. 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 →