Matthew 4:2

And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he hungered.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Then was Jesus led by the Holy Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the Calumniator

3And the Tempter came, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.

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Cross References

Mark 11:12And the following day, as he left Bethany, he was hungry:

John 4:6And Jacob's well of water was there. And Jesus was weary with the toil of travelling, and seated himself by the well: and it was at 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 →

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