Luke 4:2

And Satan came to Jesus and tempted him. For forty days he kept on and on tempting Jesus while he was there by himself. After that Jesus was very hungry because he hadn't eaten any food in the desert.

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In The King James Version

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

In Context

1Jesus left the Jordan River filled with the Holy Spirit. As he went along, the Spirit controlled him and led him into the desert.

3Then Satan said to him, “You are God's Son, aren't you? Then change this stone into damper.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:15“You and this woman will hate each other. I will put hatred between you. Her children and yours will always hate each other. Her children will crush your head and you will bite their heels.”

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:2-14

The Temptation in the Wilderness. 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up… Read the whole commentary →

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