So Elijah got up. He ate and drank and felt strong. Then Elijah walked for 40 days and nights to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God.
Matthew 4:2 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version Jesus ate nothing for 40 days and nights. After this, he was very hungry. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He went without food for forty days and forty nights, and later He was hungry. [Exod. 34:28; I Kings 19:8.] American Standard Version (1901) And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered. Common English Bible After Jesus had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he was starving. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had fasted for forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. |
So Elijah got up. He ate and drank and felt strong. Then Elijah walked for 40 days and nights to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God.
Then Moses went higher up the mountain into the cloud. He was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
Moses stayed there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. Moses did not eat any food or drink any water. And he wrote the words of the agreement (the Ten Commandments) on the two stone tablets.
Early the next morning, Jesus was going back to the city. He was very hungry.
It is yours because when I was hungry, you gave me food to eat. When I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I had no place to stay, you welcomed me into your home.
You must go away because when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat. When I was thirsty, you gave me nothing to drink.
There the devil tempted Jesus for 40 days. Jesus ate nothing during this time, and when it was finished, he was very hungry.
Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip, so he sat down beside the well. It was about noon.
I will send them a prophet like you. This prophet will be one of their own people. I will tell him what he must say, and he will tell the people everything I command.
Then I bowed down before the Lord with my face to the ground for 40 days and 40 nights, as I did before. I did not eat any food or drink any water. I did this because you had sinned so badly. You did the thing that is evil to the Lord, and you made him angry.
“So I bowed down before the Lord 40 days and 40 nights, because the Lord said he would destroy you.
I went up the mountain to get the stone tablets. The agreement that the Lord made with you was written on those stones. I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. I did not eat any food or drink any water.