Matthew 4:2

And he fasted forty days and forty nights; but afterward he hungered.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

In Context

1THEN Jeshu was led by the Spirit of Holiness into the desert, that he should be tempted by the Accuser.

3And he who tempteth approached and said, If the Son thou art of Aloha, say that these stones shall become bread.

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Cross References

Mark 11:12And the day after, when he went from Beth-ania, he hungered.

John 4:6And the fountain of water of Jakub was there. But Jeshu was wearied with the labour of the way, and sat by the fountain; and it was six hours.

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 →

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