Matthew 4:2
There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He suffered from hunger.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
In Context
1At that time Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the Desert in order to be tempted by the Devil.
3So the Tempter came and said, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into loaves."
Cross References
Mark 11:12The next day, after they had left Bethany, He was hungry.
John 4:6Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.
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 →