Luke 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.
Luke 4:2 in other translations
| BSB | where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. |
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| WEB | for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry. |
| ASV | during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered. |
| YLT | forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered, |
| DARBY | forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry. |
What does Luke 4:2 mean?
Barnes' Notes
He did eat nothing. He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting.
(b) "in those days" Ex 34:28, 1Kgs 19:8
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 4:1-13
Christ's being led into the wilderness gave an advantage to the tempter; for there he was alone, none were with him by whose prayers and advice he might be helped in the hour of temptation. He who knew his own strength might give Satan advantage; but we may not, who know our own weakness. Being in all things made like unto his brethren, Jesus would, like the other children of God, live in dependence upon the Divine…
Luke 4:2 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 4:2
- Exodus 34:28
And 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.
- Hebrews 4:15
For 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.
- 1 Kings 19:8
And 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.
- Deuteronomy 9:9
When 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:
- Hebrews 2:18
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
- Deuteronomy 9:18
And 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.
- John 4:6
Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
- Matthew 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
- Jonah 3:7
And 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:
- Matthew 21:18
Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
- 1 Samuel 17:16
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
- Esther 4:16
Go, 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.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Luke 4:1
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
- Luke 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.
- Luke 4:3
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
Luke 4:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por cuarenta días, y era tentado del diablo. Y no comió cosa en aquellos días: los cuales pasados, tuvo hambre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | étant tenté par le diable 40 jours. Et il ne mangea rien pendant ces jours-là; et lorsqu’ils furent accomplis, il eut faim. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | indem er von dem Teufel versucht wurde. Und er aß in jenen Tagen nichts; und als sie vollendet waren, hungerte ihn. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | diebus quadraginta, et tentabatur a diabolo. Et nihil manducavit in diebus illis: et consummatis illis esuriit. |