Mark 1:13

And he was in (the) desert forty days and forty nights, and was tempted of Satan, and he was with beasts, and angels ministered to him. (And he was in the desert for forty days and forty nights, and was tested by Satan, and he was with beasts, and angels served him.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

In Context

12And anon the Spirit put him forth into (the) desert. (And at once the Spirit led him forth into the desert.)

14But after that John was taken, Jesus came into Galilee, and preached the gospel of the kingdom of God, (But after that John was taken captive, Jesus came to Galilee, and preached the Gospel, or the Good News, of the Kingdom of God,)

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Cross References

Exodus 24:18And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the hill, and he was there forty days and forty nights. (And Moses went up the mountain, and into the midst of the cloud, and he was there for forty days and forty nights.)

Deuteronomy 9:11And when forty days and so many nights had passed, the Lord gave to me (the) two tables of stone, (the) tables of the bond of peace; (And so when forty days and as many nights had passed, the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant;)

Deuteronomy 9:25And I lay before the Lord forty days and forty nights, in which I besought him meekly, that he should not do away you, as he menaced. (And so for forty days and forty nights I lay before the Lord, in which time I meekly besought him not to destroy you, as he had threatened.)

Matthew 4:10Then Jesus said to him, Go, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship thy Lord God [or Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God], and to him alone thou shalt serve.

1 Timothy 3:16And openly it is a great sacrament of piety, that thing that was showed in (the) flesh, it is justified in (the) Spirit, it appeared to angels, it is preached to heathen men, it is believed in the world, it is taken up into glory.

Hebrews 4:15For we have not a bishop, that may not have compassion on our infirmities, (or For we do not have a High Priest, who cannot have compassion on our frailties or our weaknesses), but (One who) was tempted by all things by likeness, without sin.

Matthew Henry on Mark 1:10-14

The Baptism of Jesus. 9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. 10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. 13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts;… Read the whole commentary →

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