Luke 4:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

During the forty days He was being put to the test by the devil, He did not eat anything; then after it was over He was [very] hungry.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For (during) forty days in the wilderness (desert), where He was tempted (tried, tested exceedingly) by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, He was hungry. [Deut. 9:9; I Kings 19:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

Common English Bible

There he was tempted for forty days by the devil. He ate nothing during those days and afterward Jesus was starving.

Catholic Public Domain Version

for forty days, and he was tested by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were completed, he was hungry.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Luke 4:2 Cross References

Matthew 21:18

Now in the morning, as Jesus returned to the city [of Jerusalem], He became hungry.

Matthew 4:2

After He had fasted forty days and nights, He was [very] hungry.

Luke 4:3

Then the devil said to Him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to turn into bread.”

John 4:6

Jacob’s [spring-fed] well was there so Jesus, tired from His [long] journey, sat down beside the well just as He was [i.e., before doing anything else]. It was about six o’clock in the morning [Note: This would have been 12 o’clock noon if Jewish time were meant].

Hebrews 2:18

For since He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is [also] able to help those who [suffer when they] are tempted.

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a head priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but One [i.e., Jesus] who has been tempted in every way that we have, and yet without sinning.