Luke 4:2 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 4:2

where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

He was led therefore into the wilderness, to the intent that He might provoke the devil, for if the one had not contended, the other it seems had not conquered. In a mystery, it was to deliver that Adam from exile who was cast out of Paradise into the wilderness. By way of example, it was to show us that the devil envies us, whenever we strive after better things; and that then we must use caution, lest the weakness of our minds should lose us the grace of the mystery.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

But mark the mystical number of days. For you remember that for forty days the waters of the deep were poured forth, and by sanctifying a fast of that number of days, He brings before us the returning mercies of a calmer sky. By a fast of so many days also, Moses earned for himself the understanding of the law. Our fathers being for so many years settled in the wilderness, obtained the food of Angels.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Being forty days tempted of the devil,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read the phrase, "forty days", in connection with the latter part of the preceding verse; according to which the sense is, that Jesus was led by the Spirit forty days in the wilderness, before he was tempted by Satan, and in order to it: but our reading is confirmed by Mar 1:13 who affirms, as here, that he was so long tempted by Satan; as he might be invisibly, and, by internal suggestions, before he appeared visibly, and attacked him openly, with the following temptations.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	days	G2250 →
τεσσεράκοντα	tesserakonta	forty	G5062 →
πειραζόμενος	peirazomenos	being tempted	G3985 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
διαβόλου.	diabolou	devil.	G1228 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔφαγεν	ephagen	He ate	G5315 →
οὐδὲν	ouden	no [thing]	G3762 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
ἡμέραις	hēmerais	days	G2250 →
ἐκείναις,	ekeinais	those,	G1565 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συντελεσθεισῶν	suntelestheisōn	when were ending	G4931 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	they	G846 →
ἐπείνασεν.	epeinasen	He was hungry.	G3983 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
leads to
- Hebrews 2:17–18
  For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement…
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Isaiah 53:4–5
  Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- 1 Peter 2:22
  “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- 1 John 3:5
  But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
Through
Hebrews 2:18
Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
  No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will…
- Hebrews 4:15–16
  For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Through
Exodus 34:28
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
leads to
- Exodus 24:18
  Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.