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Luke 4:2

And was fourtie dayes tempted of the deuyll, and in those dayes dyd he eate nothyng: And when they were ended, he afterwarde hungred.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fasting;   Hunger;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Satan;   Temptation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Days;   Divinity-Humanity;   Fasting;   Forty Days;   Humanity, Christ's;   Periods and Numbers;   Satan;   Self-Indulgence-Self-Denial;   Temptation;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Victory;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Temptation, Test;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Worship of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Fasting;   Holy Spirit;   Luke, Gospel of;   Temptation;   Wilderness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Devil;   Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Asceticism (2);   Day;   Dependence;   Force;   Guide;   Hunger;   Logia;   Loneliness;   Manliness;   Numbers (2);   Popularity;   Pride (2);   Selfishness;   Silence;   Stone;   Struggles of Soul;   Temptation;   Temptation ;   Trinity (2);   Winter ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Antichrist;   Hunger;   Luke, the Gospel of;   Papyrus;   Temptation of Christ;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for forty days to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, he was hungry.
King James Version (1611)
Being fourtie dayes tempted of the deuil, and in those dayes he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungred.
King James Version
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
English Standard Version
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
New American Standard Bible
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
New Century Version
where the devil tempted Jesus for forty days. Jesus ate nothing during that time, and when those days were ended, he was very hungry.
Amplified Bible
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, He was hungry.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.
Legacy Standard Bible
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had finished, He was hungry.
Berean Standard Bible
where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
Contemporary English Version
For forty days Jesus was tested by the devil, and during that time he went without eating. When it was all over, he was hungry.
Complete Jewish Bible
for forty days of testing by the Adversary. During that time he ate nothing, and afterwards he was hungry.
Darby Translation
forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.
Easy-to-Read Version
There the devil tempted Jesus for 40 days. Jesus ate nothing during this time, and when it was finished, he was very hungry.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And was there fourtie dayes tempted of the deuil, & in those dayes he did eate nothing: but when they were ended, he afterward was hungry.
George Lamsa Translation
Forty days, in order that he might be tempted by the adversary. And he did not eat anything in those days; and when they were over, at last he became hungry.
Good News Translation
where he was tempted by the Devil for forty days. In all that time he ate nothing, so that he was hungry when it was over.
Lexham English Bible
forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was hungry.
Literal Translation
forty days, being tried by the Devil. And He ate nothing in those days, and they being ended, He afterwards hungered.
American Standard Version
during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.
Bible in Basic English
For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.
Hebrew Names Version
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
International Standard Version
where he was being tempted by the devil for forty days. During those days he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he was hungry.Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
to be tempted forty days by the accuser. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were fulfilled, afterwards he hungered.
Murdock Translation
forty days, to be tempted by the Calumniator. And during those days, he ate nothing; and when he had completed them, he was at last hungry.
English Revised Version
during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.
World English Bible
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing, and when they were ended he hungered.
Weymouth's New Testament
tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and was temptid of the deuel, and eet nothing in tho daies; and whanne tho daies weren endid, he hungride.
Update Bible Version
during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he ate nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he was hungry.
Webster's Bible Translation
Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.
New English Translation
where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.
New King James Version
being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.
New Living Translation
where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.
New Life Bible
He was tempted by the devil for forty days and He ate nothing during that time. After that He was hungry.
New Revised Standard
where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
forty days, - being tempted by the adversary; and he did eat nothing in those days, - and, when they were concluded, he hungered.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the space of forty days, and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
Revised Standard Version
for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and was .xl. dayes tempted of the devyll. And in thoose dayes ate he no thinge. And when they were ended he afterward hongred.
Young's Literal Translation
forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& fourty dayes loge was he tepted of ye deuell. And in those dayes ate he nothinge. And whan they were ended, he hongred afterwarde.
Mace New Testament (1729)
being forty days tempted by the devil, without eating any thing all that while: but that time expired, he at last was seiz'd with hunger.
Simplified Cowboy Version
He stayed there for forty days and was tempted by the devil. He hadn't eaten anything in all those days and he was very weak.

Contextual Overview

1 Iesus, being full of the holy ghost, returned from Iordane, & was ledde by the spirite into wyldernesse, 2 And was fourtie dayes tempted of the deuyll, and in those dayes dyd he eate nothyng: And when they were ended, he afterwarde hungred. 3 And the deuyll sayde vnto hym: If thou be the sonne of God, commaunde this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Iesus aunswered hym, saying: It is written, that man shall not lyue by bread only, but by euery word of god. 5 And the deuyll toke hym into an hye mountayne, & shewed hym all the kingdomes of ye worlde in a moment of time. 6 And the deuyl saide vnto hym: all this power wyll I geue thee euerywhyt, & the glory of them, for that is deliuered vnto me, and to whomsoeuer I wyll, I geue it. 7 If thou therfore wilt fall downe before me, & worship me, they shalbe all thine. 8 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym, Hence from me Satan: For it is writte, Thou shalt worship the Lorde thy God, and hym only shalt thou serue. 9 And he caryed hym to Hierusalem, & set hym on a pinacle of the temple, and sayde vnto him: If thou be the sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe from hence. 10 For it is written, that he shall geue his Angels charge ouer thee, to kepe thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

forty: Exodus 24:18, Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 9:9, Deuteronomy 9:18, Deuteronomy 9:25, 1 Kings 19:8, Matthew 4:2

tempted: Genesis 3:15, 1 Samuel 17:16, Hebrews 2:18

he did: Esther 4:16, Jonah 3:7

he afterward: Matthew 21:18, John 4:6, Hebrews 4:15

Reciprocal: Isaiah 30:14 - so that Mark 11:12 - he was James 4:7 - Resist

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
Therefore the Lorde God sent hym foorth fro the garden of Eden, to worke the grounde whence he was taken.
Genesis 4:25
Adam knewe his wyfe agayne, and she bare a sonne, and called his name Seth: For God [sayde she] hath appoynted me another seede in steade of Habel whom Cain slewe.
Genesis 4:26
And vnto the same Seth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enos: then began men to make inuocation in the name of the Lorde.
Genesis 9:20
Noah also began to be an husbandman, and planted a vineyarde.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph: do not thy brethren kepe in Sichem? come, and I wyll sende thee to them.
Genesis 47:3
And Pharao sayd vnto his brethren: what is your occupation? And they aunswered Pharao: thy seruauntes are kepers of cattell, both we, and also our fathers.
Exodus 3:1
Moyses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, priest of Madian: and he droue the flocke to the backesyde of the desert, aud came to the mountayne of God Horeb.
Psalms 127:3
Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde.
Amos 7:15
And the Lorde toke me as I folowed the flocke, and the Lord sayde vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israel.
Luke 11:51
From the blood of Abel, vnto ye blood of Zacharie, whiche perished betwene the aulter & the temple: Ueryly I saye vnto you, it shalbe required of this nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Being forty days tempted of the devil,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read the phrase, "forty days", in connection with the latter part of the preceding verse; according to which the sense is, that Jesus was led by the Spirit forty days in the wilderness, before he was tempted by Satan, and in order to it: but our reading is confirmed by Mark 1:13 who affirms, as here, that he was so long tempted by Satan; as he might be invisibly, and, by internal suggestions, before he appeared visibly, and attacked him openly, with the following temptations. The Ethiopic version adds, "and forty nights": and such were these days in which Christ was in the wilderness, and fasted, and was tempted there: they, were such as included nights, as well as days; see Matthew 4:2

and in those days he did eat nothing not any sort of food whatever; he tasted of no kind of eatables or drinkables, during the whole space of forty days; nor in the nights neither, in which the Jews allowed persons to eat in times of fasting; Matthew 4:2- :. And this entire abstinence, as it shows the power of Christ in the supporting of his human nature, without food, for such a time, and the disadvantages under which, as man, combated with Satan; so, that this fast was never designed as an example to his followers, and to be imitated by them:

and when they were ended; the forty days, and forty nights:

he afterward hungered; which he did not before; and which shows the truth of his human nature; and is mentioned to observe the occasion of the following temptation, and the advantage on the tempter's side.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-11.

Luke 4:2

Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Matthew 4:2-3.

He did eat nothing - He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting.

Luke 4:13

Departed for a season - For a time. From this it appears that our Saviour was “afterward” subjected to temptations by Satan, but no “particular” temptations are recorded after this. From John 14:30, it seems that the devil tried or tempted him in the agony in Gethsemane. Compare the notes at Hebrews 12:4. It is more than probable, also, that Satan did much to excite the Pharisees and Sadducees to endeavor to “entangle him,” and the priests and rulers to oppose him; yet out of all his temptations God delivered him; and so he will make a way to escape for “all” that are tempted, and will not suffer them to be tempted above that which they are able to bear, 1 Corinthians 10:13.

Luke 4:14

In the power of the Spirit - By the “influence” or direction of the Spirit.

A fame - A report. See Matthew 4:24.


 
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