Luke 4:2

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where he was tempted by the devil for 40 days. During those days Jesus ate nothing, so when they were over, he was hungry.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendant hostile toward each other. He will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

1 Kings 19:8

He got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled for 40 days and nights until he came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Esther 4:16

“Assemble all the Jews in Susa. Fast for me: Do not eat or drink at all for three entire days. My servants and I will also fast. After that, I will go to the king, even if it is against a royal decree. If I die, I die.”

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.

Exodus 34:28

Moses was there with the Lord 40 days and 40 nights without food or water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the promise, the ten commandments.

Jonah 3:7

Then he made this announcement and sent it throughout the city: “This is an order from the king and his nobles: No one is to eat or drink anything. This includes all people, animals, cattle, and sheep.

Matthew 21:18

In the morning, as Jesus returned to the city, he became hungry.

Matthew 4:2

Jesus did not eat anything for 40 days and 40 nights. At the end of that time, he was hungry.

Luke 4:3

The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”

John 4:6

Jacob’s Well was there. Jesus sat down by the well because he was tired from traveling. The time was about noon.

Deuteronomy 9:18

Once again I threw myself down in front of the Lord. I went without food and water for 40 days and 40 nights because of the sin you committed. You did what the Lord considered evil and made him furious.

Deuteronomy 9:25

I threw myself down in front of the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord said he would destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:9

When I went up on the mountain to get the stone tablets, the tablets of the promise that the Lord made to you, I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights without food or water.

Hebrews 2:18

Because Jesus experienced temptation when he suffered, he is able to help others when they are tempted.

Hebrews 4:15

We have a chief priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses. He was tempted in every way that we are, but he didn’t sin.

1 Samuel 17:16

Each morning and evening for 40 days, the Philistine came forward and made his challenge.