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Satan Tempts Jesus

1 Then aJesus was led up by bthe Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  
2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.
3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, a‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”  
5 Then the devil took Him up ainto the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,  
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Matthew 4:2

Matthew 4:2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights. Moses and Elijah each fasted for the same length of time. It was a period of spiritual exaltation, of meditation and prayer, of preparation for his work, and it is hardly probable that he felt the need of food. He was afterward an hungered. At the close of this period nature began to assert her demands, and hunger was keenly felt.




Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Matthew 4:2:

Matthew 4:2
Mark 1:13
Luke 4:1-13
James 4:7

 

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