Matthew 4:2
4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
KJV
When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.
What does Matthew 4:2 mean?
Matthew 4:2 is a verse in the book of Matthew, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include καί (kai), νηστεύω (nesteuo), τεσσεράκοντα (tessarakonta). It connects to 12 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
And 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.
Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
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.
Matthew 21:18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
Mark 11:12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
Luke 4:2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward 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 2:14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Matthew 4:2.
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Acts 1:3To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Matthew 2:14When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
Matthew 5:6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 9:15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Frequently asked questions
What does Matthew 4:2 say?
Matthew 4:2 (King James Version) reads: "And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred."
Is Matthew 4:2 in the Old or New Testament?
Matthew 4:2 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Matthew.
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