Luke 4:2
4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
KJV
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungry.
What does Luke 4:2 mean?
Luke 4:2 is a verse in the book of Luke, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include πειράζω (peirazo), τεσσεράκοντα (tessarakonta), ἡμέρα (hemera). It connects to 15 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Exodus 24:18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 34:28And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words
Deuteronomy 9:9When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
Deuteronomy 9:18And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Deuteronomy 9:25Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
1 Samuel 17:16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
1 Kings 19:8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Esther 4:16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. present: Heb. found
Jonah 3:7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: published: Heb. said nobles: Heb. great men
Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Matthew 21:18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
John 4:6Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
Hebrews 2:18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Hebrews 4:15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Luke 4:2.
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Matthew 3:6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew 4:1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Hebrews 3:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Mark 1:9And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Frequently asked questions
What does Luke 4:2 say?
Luke 4:2 (King James Version) reads: "Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered."
Is Luke 4:2 in the Old or New Testament?
Luke 4:2 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Luke.
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